Bartlet's Radio Voiceover Honors Trailblazing Lawyer Belva Lockwood
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President Bartlet, in a radio address voiceover, highlights the historical significance of Belva Lockwood, the first woman to practice law before the U.S. Supreme Court in 1879, despite lacking the right to vote.
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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 to exemplify defiance against institutional sexism.
- • Overcome gender barriers in law
- • Secure legal victories pre-suffrage
- • Women deserve equal access to justice
- • Persistence bends ironclad traditions
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delivers voiceover (VO) in a radio address honoring Belva Lockwood as the first woman to practice law and argue before the U.S. Supreme Court
- • champion overlooked historical women
- • deliver inspired advocacy in radio address
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The White House exterior serves as a tranquil visual canvas for Bartlet's contemplative voiceover tribute to Belva Lockwood, its morning glow symbolizing institutional power now amplifying forgotten pioneers' legacies amid the series' frenetic crises.
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"BARTLET (VO): "Belva Lockwood, for instance, the first woman to practice law: she argued a case in front of the U.S. Supreme Court in 1879, decades before she'd have the right to vote.""