MARC Record from Library of Congress

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001 2005018599
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008 050629s2006 lau b o001 0beng
010 $a 2005018599
020 $a0807131334 (cloth : alk. paper)
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050 00 $aF341.H698$bS53 2006
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100 1 $aShawhan, Dorothy.
245 10 $aLucy Somerville Howorth :$bNew Deal lawyer, politician, and feminist from the South /$cDorothy S. Shawhan and Martha H. Swain ; with a foreword by Anne Firor Scott.
260 $aBaton Rouge :$bLouisiana State University Press,$cc2006.
300 $axviii, 234 p. ;$c24 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 211-220) and index.
505 0 $aGirlhood 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.
600 10 $aHoworth, Lucy Somerville,$d1895-1997.
650 0 $aWomen legislators$zMississippi$vBiography.
650 0 $aLegislators$zMississippi$vBiography.
610 10 $aMississippi.$bLegislature.$bHouse of Representatives$vBiography.
650 0 $aWomen lawyers$zMississippi$vBiography.
650 0 $aWomen lawyers$zUnited States$vBiography.
650 0 $aNew Deal, 1933-1939.
610 20 $aAmerican Association of University Women$vBiography.
650 0 $aFeminists$zMississippi$vBiography.
700 1 $aSwain, Martha H.,$d1929-
856 41 $3Table of contents$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0515/2005018599.html