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"Clara's Foolish Pursuit," in Cricket

The fascinating story of the West Coast's first woman lawyer, Clara Shortridge Foltz, a single mother of five who opened California's public law schools and the California State Bar itself to women. Her ideas for providing free legal assistance to indigent criminal defendants helped form the foundation for the country's public defender system.