Lockwood, Belva A
lawyer, reformer, lecturer, was born Oct. 24, 1830, in Royalton, N. Y. By her efforts, a law was passed equalizing the salaries of male and female government employees. In the year 1873 she was admitted to practice before the appellate court of the District of Columbia. In 1877 she applied for the right to practice before the supreme court of the United States. She was refused simply because she was a woman. She thereupon presented to congress a bill, which was passed, authorizing women to practice law in the United States courts.