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Lady Lawyers And A Whistlestop Tour: Civics in Indiana
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We’ve got civics on the brain today; Casey and Regan look at the long history of women practicing law and their fight for the right to practice law in Indiana. Then we look at Harry Truman’s famous whistle-stop campaign, which helped him win the presidency in a race he was predicted to lose.
A Century of Change: Indiana's Women Lawyers
Fighting Chance: Harry Truman's Midwestern Whistlestop - Campaign
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Harriette Bailey Conn
Law Student, Sherri Hayes
Mahala Ashley Dickerson, second African American woman admitted to the Indiana bar
Truman on the train
Crowd for the whistle-stop campaign
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