Lucy Somerville Howorth [electronic resource] : New Deal lawyer, politician, and feminist from the South / Dorothy S. Shawhan and Martha H. Swain ; with a foreword by Anne Firor Scott.
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TextSeries: Southern biography seriesPublication details: Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, c2006.Description: xviii, 234 pSubject(s): - Howorth, Lucy Somerville, 1895-1997
- Mississippi. Legislature. House of Representatives -- Biography
- American Association of University Women -- Biography
- Women legislators -- Mississippi -- Biography
- Legislators -- Mississippi -- Biography
- Women lawyers -- Mississippi -- Biography
- Women lawyers -- United States -- Biography
- New Deal, 1933-1939
- Feminists -- Mississippi -- Biography
- 976.2/063/092 B 22
- F341.H698 S53 2006
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| Ebook | TUS: Midlands, Main Library Athlone Online | eBook (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available |
Louisiana paperback edition, 2011.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 211-220) and index.
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.
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.