Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Alice M. Birdsall, head and shoulders portrait, in head scarf, dress with wide collar, and corsage or flower Related to the article “State Bar Augmented by Score, New York Proponent of Arbitration Measure and Arizona Woman in List,” Los Angeles Times, 1 Mar. 1927: A2. The article states: Judge Moses H. Grossman … and Miss Alice M. Birdsall, said to the be only woman at the head of a law office in Arizona, and a potential candidate for gubernatorial honors, were admitted to practice law in California yesterday … Asked if she thinks women are as competent in public office as men, as asserted that in many cases they are more so and predicted that some day a woman will efficiently administer the affairs of the nation as President. Miss Birdsall has practiced law for twelve years in Arizona and is the author of a bill which legitimized children born out of wedlock in that State. … Text from nitrate negative sleeve: Birdsall, Alice M., Atty, 1927 Handwritten at edge of negative: Miss Alice M Birdsall
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