Sophie Friedman Papers 1795, 1906-1954

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Sophie Friedman Papers 1795, 1906-1954

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Lawyer. Papers document Friedman's work as a lawyer in Tennessee and for women's suffrage, uniform marriage, divorce laws, child welfare, adult education, social hygiene and international friendship. Included is material relating to her defense of Octavia Dockery and Richard Dana in the famous "Goat Castle case" in Natchez, Mississippi (1930s).

1 box; (.25 linear ft.)

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Sophia Smith Collection

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League of Women Voters (U.S.)

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The League of Women Voters (LWV) is a nonprofit organization in the United States that was formed to help women take a larger role in public affairs after they won the right to vote. It was founded in 1920 to support the new women suffrage rights and was a merger of National Council of Women Voters, founded by Emma Smith DeVoe, and National American Woman Suffrage Association, led by Carrie Chapman Catt, approximately six months before the Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution g...

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Friedman, Sophie G. (Sophie Goldberger), -1964

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Lawyer, of Memphis, Tenn.; b. Sophie Goldberger; apparently did not actively practice law but used her legal training to promote social reform legislation. From the description of Papers, 1897-1953. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70966171 Sophie Friedman planting a tree in celebration of the opening of the Natchez Trail in Natchez, Mississippi; undated Sophie Friedman was born in Austria-Hungary in 1878. She graduated Memphis (Tennessee) University ...