Rebels at the Bar, 2013

Goodell, Lavinia

As reported in the April 17, 1875 "Woman's Journal" lawyer in 1875, Lavinia Goodell ran for the office of Janesville, Wisconsin city attorney, under the temperance-connected Anti-License party. She did not win. Goodell came from a family...

Rossi, Kate Kane

Kate Kane Rossi practiced law first in Wisconsin and later in Chicago where she was a successful criminal defense attorney. She ran for various elective offices, particularly judicial positions, in Milwaukee and Chicago from the 1880s in...

Kate Kane Rossi's Campaign for State Supreme Court Associate Judge, 1883

Lizzie F. White's Campaign for School Board Member, 1893

Laura Graham's Campaign for City Treasurer, 1911

Lavinia Goodell's Campaign for City Attorney, 1875

Edith M. Bailey's Campaign for County Superintendent of Schools, 1904