History of Henry County Indiana United States of America

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A Short Biography of Clara Shortridge Foltz

Clara Shortridge Foltz, lawyer, was born in Henry county, Ind., July 16, 1849; daughter of the Rev. Elias W. Shortridge. She attended Howe seminary, Mount Pleasant, Iowa, and afterward became a teacher. In 1864 she was married and in 1872 removed to Oregon and later to San Jos?, Cal. She contributed to the New Northwest and to the San Jos? Mercury. In 1876, being obliged to support herself and five children, she began to lecture and to study law. In 1878 she secured the passage, by the California legislature, of an act permitting women to practise law and was admitted to the California bar, Sept. 5, 1878. In 1880 she removed to San Francisco, where she spoke for the Republican party during the political campaigns of 1880, 1882 and 1884. In 1886 she allied herself with the Democratic party and lectured in Wisconsin, Illinois and Iowa. In 1887 she started the San Diego Daily Bee, which she edited and managed until its consolidation with the Union. She returned to San Francisco in 1890 and practised there until January, 1896, when, upon motion of Benjamin F. Tracy, before the appellate division of the supreme court, she was admitted to the New York bar, and opened an office in New York city.

From: Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans, Johnson, Rossiter, editor

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