Esq.
Oct. 1, 2008
Hindsight
In October 1878 suffragists Clara Foltz and Laura Gordon petitioned delegates of California's second constitutional convention to make California the first state to grant voting rights to women.
Earlier that year women had won the right to practice law, thanks largely to Foltz's championing of the Woman Lawyer's Bill. As California's first female attorney, Foltz joined with Gordon in suing the UC Hast...
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