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Actor / Designer Jill Klein on Trailblazing Attorney Clara Shortridge Foltz.
- Format:
- Video
- Series:
- Academic Video Online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Public defenders.
- Women's rights.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (3 minutes)
- Place of Publication:
- [Place of publication not identified] : Look What SHE Did!, 2014.
- Language Note:
- In English.
- System Details:
- video file
- Summary:
- Jill Klein tells us about the amazing Clara Shortridge Foltz, first female attorney in California and creator of the American Public Defender program. Clara's mind-blowing career begins with her struggles as a single mother of five determined to become a lawyer, moves through her successful efforts to change laws for women's rights and concludes with her historic run for California Governor at the sprightly age of 81. She now has the largest Criminal Courthouse in our country named after her. Enjoy Jill's take on one of the most inspiring founding mothers of our legal system.
- Notes:
- Title from resource description page (viewed April 15, 2024).
- Part of the metadata in this record was created by AI.
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