Names: Birdsall, Alice M., 1880-1958 - UCLA Library Digital Collections Search Results

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Description:: Alice M. Birdsall, head and shoulders portrait, in head scarf, dress with wide collar, and corsage or flower
Date:: February 28, 1927
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: 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. …
Date:: February 28, 1927
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection