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Author Shawhan, Dorothy.

Title Lucy Somerville Howorth : New Deal lawyer, politician, and feminist from the South / Dorothy S. Shawhan and Martha H. Swain ; with a foreword by Anne Firor Scott.

Publication Info. Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, [2006]
©2006

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Location Call No. Status OPAC Message Public Note Gift Note
 Moore Stacks  F341.H698 S53 2006    Available  ---
Description xviii, 234 pages ; 24 cm.
Series Southern biography series
Southern biography series.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-220) and index.
Contents Girlhood in Greenville -- "A whole human being," 1912 1922 -- "Hustling in the law," 1922 1927 -- Howorth and Howorth, attorneys-at-law, 1928 1931 -- "I have a few things to say" : the Mississippi Legislature, 1932 1934 -- A watchdog for women, 1935 1946 -- "I glory in being a feminist," 1947 1954 -- "Just being Cleveland folks" : retirement after 1957 -- "Nothing like living a long time" : the last years.
Subject Howorth, Lucy Somerville, 1895-1997.
Howorth, Lucy Somerville, 1895-1997.
Women legislators -- Mississippi -- Biography.
Women legislators.
Mississippi.
Genre/Form Biographies.
Subject Legislators -- Mississippi -- Biography.
Legislators.
Mississippi. Legislature. House of Representatives -- Biography.
Mississippi. Legislature. House of Representatives.
Women lawyers -- Mississippi -- Biography.
Women lawyers.
Women lawyers -- United States -- Biography.
United States.
New Deal, 1933-1939.
New Deal, 1933-1939.
American Association of University Women -- Biography.
American Association of University Women.
Feminists -- Mississippi -- Biography.
Feminists.
Feminists.
Genre/Form Biographies.
Added Author Swain, Martha H., 1929-
ISBN 0807131334 cloth alkaline paper
Standard No. 9780807131336