Lucy Somerville Howorth New Deal lawyer, politician, and feminist from the South / [electronic resource] :
Dorothy S. Shawhan and Martha H. Swain ; with a foreword by Anne Firor Scott.
- Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, c2006.
- xviii, 234 p.
- Southern biography series .
- Southern biography series. .
Louisiana paperback edition, 2011.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 211-220) and index.
Girlhood in Greenville -- 'A whole human being,' 1912-1922 -- 'Hustling in the law,' 1922-1927 -- Howorth and Howorth, attorneys-at-law, 1928-1931 -- 'I have a few things to say' : the Mississippi Legislature, 1932-1934 -- A watchdog for women, 1935-1946 -- 'I glory in being a feminist,' 1947-1954 -- 'Just being Cleveland folks' : retirement after 1957 -- 'Nothing like living a long time' : the last years.
Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
Howorth, Lucy Somerville, 1895-1997.
Mississippi. Legislature. House of Representatives --Biography. American Association of University Women--Biography.
Women legislators--Mississippi--Biography. Legislators--Mississippi--Biography. Women lawyers--Mississippi--Biography. Women lawyers--United States--Biography. New Deal, 1933-1939. Feminists--Mississippi--Biography.