About Clara Shortridge Foltz

Clara Shortridge Foltz was an American lawyer, the first female lawyer on the West Coast, and the pioneer of the idea of the public defender. The Criminal Courts Building in downtown Los Angeles was renamed after her in 2002, and is now known as the Clara Shortridge Foltz Criminal Justice Center.

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Occupation: lawyer, suffragette, jurist
Citizenship: United States
Born: July 16, 1849
Died: September 2, 1934

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Clara Shortridge Foltz

American lawyer and women's rights activist (1849-1934)

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About Clara Shortridge Foltz

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Occupation: lawyer, suffragette, jurist
Citizenship: United States
Born: July 16, 1849
Died: September 2, 1934

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Facts from Wikidata (CC0). Image by Taber, San Francisco via Wikimedia Commons (Public domain).

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