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Title
Twenty-one-year-old lawyer Ruth August Bard, Los Angeles, 1935
Date Created and/or Issued
December 20, 1935
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
UCLA Library Special Collections, A1713 Charles E. Young Research Library, Box 951575, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575. Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu. Phone: (310) 825-4988
Description
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
In September Southwestern University Law School graduate Ruth August Bard became one of the youngest female lawyers at the age of 21, and as of yesterday was admitted to practice in the Federal court.
Similar photograph appears with the article, "Girl Wins New Honor as Lawyer," Los Angeles Times, 03 Dec 1935: A3.
Handwritten on negative: 152 152 Ruth August Bard 12/1/35
Text from negative sleeve: 4124 - Ruth August Bard - 21 Attorney 12/1/35 [stamped:] Dec 20 1935
Type
Image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_13129
ark:/21198/zz002hn8dw
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Lawyers--California--Los Angeles
Bard, Ruth August, 1914-2004
Source
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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