Show a 1 o f if 1 Tales and f.- f. Traditions from American Poli Political History U IT If FRANK RANK E E. E HAGEN HACEN ANO AMe ELMO SCOTT SCOn WATSON THE TIlE LADY LAD CANDIDATE E EVER VER hear of Mrs Belva Lockwood Lockwood Lockwood Lock- Lock wood of New York She was the woman who was twice a n candidate candidate candidate candi candi- date for tor the presidency of ot the United United United Unit Unit- ed States Stales on th the Equal Suffrage ticket That she was defeated on both occasions is beside the point The record shows that she wa perhaps perhaps perhaps per per- haps the most stalwart of the early-day early advocates of ot emancipation tion in all its forms for th the tha lovelier lovelier love love- lier tier sex And she accomplished most for Cor them In 1882 two years before her likenesses were seen on presidential banners Mrs Lockwood obtained obtained obtained ob ob- the admission of ot women to the Supreme Court of the United States It was the culmination of ofa a year five-year battle launched at the Suffrage convention in Lincoln hall Washington in 1877 Mrs 1 Lockwood was a practicing attorney herself herse For three years she had been empowered to appear appear appear ap ap- ap- ap pear before the Supreme ourt of ot the District but was barred from Crom the United States body by lack of f precedent She established the precedent But It required a follow follow follow fol fol- low up campaign of briefs speeches and bills to obtain lin the desired desired desired de de- de- de sired end The speech of Mrs Lockwood at atthe atthe atthe the 1877 convention was convincing t to her hearers Contrary to current current current cur cur- 3 rent recollections recollections' of the masculine masculine masculine line type of ot woman who first e ce- political equality she is described in a n convention report as ent entirely rely feminine As an example example ex ex- ample Mrs Lockwood wore a velvet velvet velvet vel vel- vet dress and trait trail Mrs Lockwood was a candidate in 1883 1888 as well as in 1884 She was active In public life almost to the day of her death in 1917 when seven eighty-seven years old After Arter women women women wom wom- en were allowed before the United States Supreme Court she championed championed championed cham cham- the right of ot negro lawyers to appear there Then she shouldered shouldered shouldered dered legal cudgels for the Indians Indians Indians Indi Indi- ans went as a peace commissioner commission commission- er to Europe engaged in m a score of other worthwhile activities |