In Massachusetts, where properly qualified 'persons' were allowed to practice law, the Supreme Court decided that a woman was not a 'person,' and a special act of the legislature had to be passed before Miss Lelia Robinson could be admitted to the bar. But today women are lawyers.
Lucy StoneI expect some new phases of life this summer, and shall try to get the honey from each moment.
Lucy StoneEvery new truth has its birth-place in a manger, lives thirty years, is crucified, and then deified.
Lucy Stone