The Lady Lawyer, Clara Shortridge Foltz

A Lively Biography of America’s First Practicing
Female Lawyer is Now Available From The Publisher!

The Lady Lawyer, Clara Shortridge Foltz is now available directly from the publisher for those who want to delve into the history of a courageous woman who lived life her way. Sharon Avey, the author, weaves an exciting web of events that surround the life of America’s first practicing female lawyer and a prominent leader in the women’s rights movement.

During the course of her research on Victorian women, Avey discovered Clara Shortridge Foltz. To her amazement, she found no books on Foltz, only some newspaper and magazine clippings from the attorney’s own publications. So she felt it was time that America learned more about this fascinating woman, who until now has been left out of history books.

From her childhood on an Iowa farm, until she treks by covered wagon to the west coast with her four children, the book recreates her passion to become a lawyer and describes the turmoil and anguish she lived with daily to actualize her dream.

With humor, suspense, and drama, the book will entertain readers of all ages and pull them into the eventful life of this determined Victorian woman. This gripping historical biography spans the period from young Clara’s childhood to an adult life of pushing for political rights for women and helping to pass ordinances and legislation that brought meaningful changes to America’s judicial system. She achieved all this while laboring in her own law practice and raising a family of five children, an unheard of life for a woman in the late 1800s.

“Clara’s life will fire the imaginations of today’s aspiring women, since she was such a dynamic, outspoken woman during her own era,” Avey affirms. “But while she was very forceful and fearless, she was also a lady in the full Victorian sense of the word,” she added. “Besides offering inspiration, the book will also bring the events of Clara’s life to the surface, since this is the first book that anyone has ever published about her incredible life.”

The Lady Lawyer is a 216 page, 6” x 9”, high-quality, perfect-bound paperback book illustrated with actual photographs and drawings from the crusading attorney’s life.

The Lady Lawyer, Clara Shortridge Foltz is priced at $19.99 in the U.S., plus tax and shipping, with discounts available to clubs, community groups, museums and libraries. To purchase the book, please complete the order form. Send a copy of the completed order form with check or money order to:

AV Publishing
1519 East Chapman Avenue, #281
Fullerton, CA 92831
Allow for 2 weeks delivery for personal checks.
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