Christopher Thrower
Christopher Thrower(died March 17,1883) was a lawyer, soldier, newspaper editor, judge, and state legislator in Arkansas. [1]
He served with the Camden Knights during the American Civil War.[2]
He served two terms in the Arkansas Senate before moving to Hot Springs, Arkansas and becoming a judge.[1] In the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court's Bradwell v. Illinois limiting application of the 14th Amendment, he introduced legislation in 1873 barring women from obtaining law licenses by limiting licenses to male citizens. The bill became law.[3]
References[edit]
- ^ a b Roberts, Bobby Leon; Moneyhon, Carl H. (December 23, 1987). Portraits of Conflict: A Photographic History of Arkansas in the Civil War. University of Arkansas Press. ISBN 9780938626831 – via Google Books.
- ^ Roberts, Bobby Leon; Moneyhon, Carl H. (December 23, 1987). Portraits of Conflict: A Photographic History of Arkansas in the Civil War. University of Arkansas Press. ISBN 9780938626831 – via Google Books.
- ^ Smith, Lindsley Armstrong; Smith, Stephen A. (November 16, 2022). Stateswomen: A Centennial History of Arkansas Women Legislators, 1922-2022. University of Arkansas Press. ISBN 9781682262160 – via Google Books.
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