Belva Lockwood: The Woman Who Would Be President

出版者:New York Univ Pr

作者:Jill Norgren

页数:344

出版时间:March 2007

价格:$35.00

装帧:HRD

isbn号码:9780814758342

具体描述

In Belva Lockwood: The Woman Who Would be President, prize-winning legal historian Jill Norgren recounts, for the first time, the life story of one of the nineteenth century's most surprising and accomplished advocates for women's rights. As Norgren shows, Lockwood was fearless in confronting the male establishment, commanding the attention of presidents, members of Congress, influential writers, and everyday Americans. Obscured for too long in the historical shadow of her longtime colleague, Susan B. Anthony, Lockwood steps into the limelight at last in this engaging new biography.

Born on a farm in upstate New York in 1830, Lockwood married young and reluctantly became a farmer's wife. After her husband's premature death, however, she earned a college degree, became a teacher, and moved to Washington, DC with plans to become an attorney-an occupation all but closed to women. Not only did she become one of the first female attorneys in the U.S., but in 1879 became the first woman ever allowed to practice at the bar of the Supreme Court.

In 1884 Lockwood continued her trailblazing ways as the first woman to run a full campaign for the U.S. Presidency. She ran for President again in 1888. Although her candidacies were unsuccessful (as she knew they would be), Lockwood demonstrated that women could compete with men in the political arena. After these campaigns she worked tirelessly on behalf of the Universal Peace Union, hoping, until her death in 1917, that she, or the organization, would win the Nobel Peace Prize.

Belva Lockwood deserves to be far better known. As Norgren notes, it is likely that Lockwood would be widely recognized today as a feminist pioneer if most of her personal papers had not been destroyed after her death. Fortunately for readers, Norgren shares much of her subject's tenacity and she has ensured Lockwood's rightful place in history with this meticulously researched and beautifully written book.

作者简介

Jill Norgren is Professor Emerita of Government at John Jay College and the Graduate Center of The City University of New York. Her articles have received awards from the American Society for Legal History and the United States Supreme Court Historical Society. Her books include The Cherokee Cases: The Confrontation of Law and Politics and American Cultural Pluralism and Law (with Serena Nanda).

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刚翻完《Belva Lockwood: The Woman Who Would Be President》，心情久久不能平静。这本书不仅仅是关于一个名字，更是一扇窗口，让我得以窥探那个时代女性的生存困境与不屈的意志。作者用细腻的笔触，将Belva Lockwood从一个普通的农村姑娘成长为一名律师，再到挑战总统大位的传奇一生娓娓道来。最打动我的是，书中对她所处社会环境的细致描绘，那个年代，女性的权利几乎为零，她们被束缚在家庭和传统观念的枷锁中，而Belva却敢于冲破这一切。她不仅仅是追求个人的成功，更是为所有被压迫的女性发声。她面对的阻力是巨大的，来自社会舆论的嘲讽、法律体系的歧视，甚至是一些曾经支持她的人的动摇。但是，她从未放弃，这份坚持的力量，如同暗夜中的星光，照亮了前行的道路。读完这本书，我深刻地感受到，一个人的勇气和信念，足以撼动固有的世界。Belva Lockwood的故事，不只属于过去，更给当下无数渴望改变和进步的人们，注入了强大的动力。她用自己的生命，诠释了“女性也能顶半边天”，甚至可以“竞逐最高权力”的真谛。这本书绝对是那种能让你思考良久，甚至改变看法的读物。