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Belva Ann Lockwood, 1830-1917
Widowed at twenty-two years of age, Belva Ann Lockwood used her inheritance to educate herself in law. Lockwood became the first woman to campaign for the presidency (1884 and 1888). Her platform focused on women's rights issues, particularly suffrage, temperance, and reform for divorce and marriage laws. In 1880, at the age of forty-eight, Lockwood became the first woman to appear before the Supreme Court of the United States and successfully argued for Cherokee land rights.
Benjamin J. Falk, c 1880 |