But I'm Only a Woman: Tiera Farrow's Defense of Clara Schweiger
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But I'm Only a Woman: Tiera Farrow's Defense of Clara Schweiger
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Clara Schweiger killed her husband and Mary Tiera Farrow defended her, one of the first times that a female attorney defended another woman on murder charges in the United States. This article shows how the popular press of the day regarded female attorneys. Miss Farrow came to Kansas City in 1899.
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Creator: Butters, Gerald R.
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2002
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Kansas History
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In 1903 Farrow became the first woman to graduate and practice law in Kansas City, Missouri.
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This document is not available online. You may come to the Missouri Valley Room to view it or request a photocopy from the Library's Document Delivery service. http://www.kclibrary.org/copy-requests
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