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Artist
Benjamin Joseph Falk, 14 Oct 1853 - 19 Mar 1925
Sitter
Belva Ann Bennett Lockwood, 25 Oct 1830 - 19 May 1917
Date
c. 1880
Type
Photograph
Medium
Albumen silver print
Dimensions
Image/Sheet: 14.7 × 9.8 cm (5 13/16 × 3 7/8")
Mount: 16.4 × 10.7 cm (6 7/16 × 4 3/16")
Topic
Interior
Photographic format\Cabinet card
Belva Ann Bennett Lockwood: Female
Belva Ann Bennett Lockwood: Law and Crime\Lawyer
Belva Ann Bennett Lockwood: Politics and Government\Presidential candidate
Belva Ann Bennett Lockwood: Education and Scholarship\Educator\Lecturer
Belva Ann Bennett Lockwood: Education and Scholarship\Educator\Teacher
Belva Ann Bennett Lockwood: Education and Scholarship\Administrator\School administrator\Principal
Belva Ann Bennett Lockwood: Society and Social Change\Reformer\Activist\Civil rights activist\Suffragist
Portrait
Credit Line
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
Restrictions & Rights
CC0
Object number
NPG.80.298
Exhibition Label
Widowed at twenty-two years of age, Belva Ann Lockwood used her inheritance to educate herself in law. Although she completed her degree requirements, she only received her diploma after she enlisted the help of President Ulysses S. Grant.
Lockwood became the first woman to campaign for the presidency (1884 and 1888). She was nominated by the Equal Rights Party, which Victoria Woodhull had founded and used for her incomplete presidential campaign in 1872. Lockwood’s platform focused on women’s rights issues, particularly suffrage, temperance, and reform for divorce and marriage laws.
In 1880, at the age of forty-eight, Lockwood became the first woman to appear before the Supreme Court of the United States and successfully argued for Cherokee land rights. That same year, she also moved for the admission of the first southern black attorney. Despite her major accomplishments in American history, Lockwood’s first (and only) biography was not published until 2007.
Viuda a los 22 años de edad, Belva Ann Lockwood utilizó su herencia para estudiar derecho. Aunque completó los requisitos para el título universitario, tuvo que pedir ayuda al presidente Ulysses S. Grant para lograr que le dieran su diploma. Lockwood fue la primera mujer que hizo campaña presidencial (1884 y 1888). Fue nominada por el Equal Rights Party, fundado por Victoria Woodhull para su inconclusa campaña presidencial en 1872. La plataforma de Lockwood se centró en los derechos de la mujer, sobre todo el sufragio, la templanza y la reforma de las leyes de matrimonio y divorcio.
En 1880, a sus 48 años, Lockwood fue la primera mujer que compareció ante el Tribunal Supremo de Estados Unidos, litigando exitosamente por los derechos territoriales de los cherokee. Ese año también presentó una moción para admitir al primer abogado sureño de raza negra. A pesar de sus grandes logros en la historia americana, su primera (y única) biografía vino a publicarse en 2007.
