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Lucy Somerville Howorth : New Deal lawyer, politician, and feminist from the South / Dorothy S. Shawhan and Martha H. Swain ; with a foreword by Anne Firor Scott.
Van Pelt Library F341.H698 S53 2006
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Shawhan, Dorothy.
- Series:
- Southern biography series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Howorth, Lucy Somerville, 1895-1997.
- Howorth, Lucy Somerville.
- American Association of University Women.
- Mississippi. Legislature. House of Representatives.
- Women legislators--Mississippi--Biography.
- Women legislators.
- Legislators--Mississippi--Biography.
- Legislators.
- Mississippi. Legislature. House of Representatives--Biography.
- Mississippi.
- Women lawyers--Mississippi--Biography.
- Women lawyers.
- Women lawyers--United States--Biography.
- Feminists.
- United States.
- New Deal, 1933-1939.
- American Association of University Women--Biography.
- Feminists--Mississippi--Biography.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- xviii, 234 pages, 10 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, [2006]
- Contents:
- Girlhood in Greenville
- "A whole human being," 1912-1922
- "Hustling in the law," 1922-1927
- Howorth and Howorth, Attorneys-at-Law, 1928-1931
- "I have a few things to say" : the Mississippi Legislature, 1932-1934
- A watchdog for women, 1935-1946
- "I glory in being a feminist," 1947-1954
- "Just being Cleveland folks" : retirement after 1957
- "Nothing like living a long time" : the last years.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-220) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0807131334
- OCLC:
- 60826509
- Publisher Number:
- 9780807131336
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