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Title
Attorney Alice M. Birdsall, 1927
Date Created and/or Issued
February 28, 1927
1926-02-28
Publication Information
Los Angeles Times
Contributing Institution
UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection
Los Angeles Times Photographic Archives
Rights Information
US
Description
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
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. …
Alice M. Birdsall, head and shoulders portrait, seated, in dress with wide collar and corsage or flower
Text from nitrate negative sleeve: Birdsall, Alice M., Atty, 1927
Handwritten at edge of negative: Miss Alice M Birdsall
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_0994
0994
ark:/21198/zz002dbcd2
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Women lawyers
Birdsall, Alice M., 1880-1958
Source
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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