| Strong-Minded Woman: The Story of Lavinia Goodell, Wisconsin's First Female Lawyer Contributor(s): Schier, Mary Lahr (Author) |
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ISBN: 0967178738 ISBN-13: 9780967178738 Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press OUR PRICE: $20.85 Product Type: Hardcover Published: September 2001 Annotation: She took the law into her own hands Written for younger readers, "Strong-Minded Woman provides an engaging look at the life of Lavinia Goodell, Wisconsin's first female lawyer. Telling Goodell's story from 1858, when she first decided to become a lawyer, to her place as an actual attorney in the courtroom, Mary Lahr Schier recounts Goodell's hard work and determination as she taught herself the law. Born in 1839 to abolitionist and transcendentalist parents, Lavinia Goodell grew up determined to change the world. As she met the runaway slaves that stayed at her childhood home and listened to the preaching of her church, Lavinia began to form her own ideas about the world. She decided to be a lawyer, even though her sister told her to stop "trying to be a man." Distributed for the Midwest History Press. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - 20th Century - Law | Legal History - Biography & Autobiography | Women |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 00109380 |
| Physical Information: 0.53" H x 5.72" W x 8.86" (0.68 lbs) 112 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 20th Century - Geographic Orientation - Wisconsin - Cultural Region - Midwest - Cultural Region - Upper Midwest - Sex & Gender - Feminine |
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| Publisher Description: This classic Swedish novel envisioned a future of drab terror. Seen through the eyes of idealistic scientist Leo Kall, Kallocain's depiction of a totalitarian world state is a montage of what novelist Karin Boye had seen or sensed in 1930s Russia and Germany. Its central idea grew from the rumors of truth drugs that ensured the subservience of every citizen to the state. |