Category Archives: Clara Foltz

Woman Lawyer: The Trials of Clara Foltz is reviewed by Jackie Ruffin in the latest issue of Women Lawyers Journal

Posted on March 11, 2014 by admin

Barbara Babcock‘s Woman Lawyer: The Trials of Clara Foltz is reviewed by Jackie Ruffin in the latest issue of Women Lawyers Journal.  The review, “First woman lawyer in California championed the idea of public defenders,” appears on pp. 38-39 of … Continue reading →

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“Free Justice”

Posted on September 7, 2012 by admin

“Free Justice” Inventing the Public Defender, Barbara Babcock, Criminal Justice Magazine, Vol. 27, No. 2, Summer 2012, pp. 26.

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Introduction of Barbara Babcock: Foltz remarks

Posted on April 26, 2012 by admin

Patience Milrod, author (with M.Schwartz and S. Brandt) of the article that launched Barbara Babcock on the Foltz biography (Clara Shortridge Foltz: Pioneer in the Law, 27 Hastings L. Rev. 545) gave this introduction at the Bell Tower Club in … Continue reading →

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An almost forgotten trailblazer gets her due

Posted on June 3, 2011 by admin

A hundred years later, a trailblazer gets her due, by Kristina Horton Flaherty, California Bar Journal, June 2011. One hundred years after she helped women win the right to vote in California, Clara Shortridge Foltz, the state’s first woman lawyer, … Continue reading →

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Recommended Sources

Posted on February 28, 2011 by admin

Recommended Sources: “Barbara Babcock, Woman Lawyer: The Trials of Clara Foltz“ Second Class Justice [web log comment]. Retrieved from http://www.secondclassjustice.com/?page_id=252 (Feb. 28, 2011)

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DoubleX Book of the Week: “Woman Lawyer” by Barbara Babcock

Posted on February 12, 2011 by admin

DoubleX Book of the Week: “Woman Lawyer” by Barbara Babcock By Dahlia Lithwick, Slate Magazine, Feb. 11, 2011.

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Barbara Babcock on her book Woman Lawyer: The Trials of Clara Foltz

Posted on January 26, 2011 by admin

Barbara Babcock on her book Woman Lawyer: The Trials of Clara Foltz Rorotoko, January 26, 2011

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