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The First Woman to Run for President -A 1884.

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The First Woman to Run for President -A 1884.
Flamboyant signature with paraph of Belva A. Lockwood, the first woman admitted to practice before U.S. Supreme Court, in 1879, and leader in the suffrage, temperance, and world peace movements. Also in her hand, "Barrister, 619 F St., Wash. D.C." 2 1/4 x 4. Denied her diploma as a woman upon completing law school, she appealed directly to Pres. Grant; within one week, she received her sheepskin. The first woman to appear on an official American ballot, Lockwood twice ran for President, on the National Equal Rights Party ticket, though garnering just 4,100 votes - all cast by men, since women could not vote. Thin spot at blank top margin, mounting trace at lower left, minor handling evidence, else very good. An utterly inspirational personage, subject of a recent book, ...The Woman Who Would Be President. Scarce.