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A Lady Has the Floor

This picture book biography shares an important but little-known bit of American History. I took American Women’s History in college (admittedly several decades ago), but I don’t remember ever learning about Belva Lockwood, the first woman admitted to the bar of the U.S. Supreme Court, and the first woman to have her name on the ballot for President of the United States (before women could even vote). We learn the names of Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony in the fight for American women’s suffrage. We should know about Belva Lockwood, too.