Belva Lockwood

pioneering tenacious barrier-breaking

Belva Lockwood charges into American legal history as the first woman to practice law and argue before the U.S. Supreme Court in 1879, wielding her briefcase against suffocating barriers decades before women seize the vote. President Bartlet summons her defiant legacy in a radio address, her victory slicing through White House frenzy to exalt forgotten female conquerors who bent iron institutions with raw will and legal steel.

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Belva Lockwood's Journey

A timeline through the narrative

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S2E5 · And It's Surely To Their Credit

Bartlet's Radio Voiceover Honors Trailblazing Lawyer Belva Lockwood

Revered triumph over historical adversity

Belva Lockwood is vividly invoked in Bartlet's voiceover as the trailblazing first woman to practice law and argue before the Supreme Court in 1879, her legacy spotlighted without physical presence …

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