"None could deny the eloquence of this lady": Women, law, and government in California, 1850-1890

Taming the Elephant: Politics, Government, and Law in Pioneer California

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 169-198

  Schuele, Donna C ^a  

^a United States Bankruptcy Court ^*  (United States)

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