Belva Lockwood: Presidential Candidate

Carol W. Kimball

Women US Presidential Candidates
Belva Lockwood, Victoria Woodhull and Hillary Clinton
Equal Rights Party
Women with famous firsts
Supreme Court and National Law School
Eastern Cherokee Nation vs U.S., concerning Trail of Tears
Native Americans, Indians

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New London, CT

03/17/2008

Carol W. Kimball

Before Hillary Clinton, Victoria Woodhull was the first woman to run for United States president, in 1872. Belva Lockwood, an accredited lawyer, was the second woman to run for US president. Both Belva and Victoria were candidates of the Equal Rights Party, bent on reform. Belva had several firsts. she was the first woman to graduate from a national law school and the first woman admitted to practice before the U.S. Supreme Court. Belva was born in 1830 in New York state, her first husband died, leaving her with a small daughter to support. She met Susan B. Anthony and was converted to the suffrage movement. Belva was mocked by many includind prominent men of Stonington who donned women's clothing and paraded to Borough Hall. Belva's most important case was the Eastern Cherokee Nation vs U.S., concerning Trail of Tears. The five million dollar settlement was the largest yet paid by the government to an American Indian tribe. Belva Lockwood died in 1917.

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Woodhull, Victoria
Lockwood, Belva A.
Anthony, Susan B.
Grant, Ulysses S.
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Lee, Hannah (Miss)

women U.S. Presidential Candidates
first female accredited lawyer
Equal Rights Party
national law school
U.S. Supreme Court
suffrage movement
Stonington
Eastern Cherokee Nation case
Trail of Tears law suit
Native Americans
Indians