1850-1877: Law and Justice: Headline Makers
1850-1877: Law and Justice: Headline Makers
Amos T. Akerman (1821-1880)
Myra Bradwell (1831-1894)
Thomas McIntyre Cooley (1824-1898)
David Dudley Field (1805-1894) and Stephen Johnson Field (1816-1899)
John Mercer Langston (1829-1897)
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