Collection ID: RG 45.IND.002

Collection context

Summary

Creator:
Lockwood, Belva Ann
Abstract:
This collection covers the years 1857 to 2005 and contains articles, writings and photographs related to Belva Lockwood.
Extent:
1 box (0.25 linear foot)
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

Preferred citation for this material is as follows:

Belva Ann Lockwood Collection,

Background

Scope and Content:

The Lockwood Collection includes articles and newspaper clippings about her and papers, correspondence and writings by her. There are also photographs taken throughout her adult life, biographical material and obituaries. Alumni records are included with a focus on the relationship between Genesee College and Syracuse University.

Biographical / Historical:

Belva Ann Lockwood was born Belva Ann Bennett on 24 October 1830 in Royalton, New York. She was educated in the district school and the local academy in Royalton and worked as a teacher during the summers to fund her education.

Lockwood married a young farmer, Uriah McNall, in 1848, but he suffered an untimely death in 1853, leaving her widowed with a daughter, Luna. To support her family, she taught for $3 a week, while men of the same position were earning up to double her wage. Enraged by this, Lockwood decided to fortify herself with a college education and enrolled at Genesee College as part of the class of 1857.

In 1868, Lockwood married a Baptist clergyman of Washington D.C., Rev. Dr. Ezekial Lockwood, and soon after began to study law at the National University Law School. In 1871 she earned a Master of Arts degree from Syracuse University and in 1908 she earned a Doctor of Laws degree. In 1879, when Congress passed a bill permitting women to practice before the Supreme Court, she became the first woman to do so.

In 1884 Lockwood was nominated for the U.S. presidency by the Equal Rights party and was re-nominated in 1888, making her the first woman to run for president in the United States. She did this while women were still not allowed the vote.

Lockwood went on to be a delegate of the Universal Peace Union to the International Peace Conference, the president of the Women’s National Press Association, the dean of twenty ambassadors to the Women’s Convention, and a member of the Nobel Peace Prize nominating committee.

Lockwood died on 19 May 1917. In 1986 she was inducted into the National Women’s Hall of Fame, and the United States Postal Service issued a Belva Lockwood stamp.

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Acquisition information:
There is no evidence of when or by whom the Lockwood Collection was donated to the Archives, but between 2001 and 2005 Jill Norgren donated one CD, one magazine and two articles.
Processing information:

The materials in this collection have been placed in acid free folders. Photographs and delicate newspaper clippings have been placed in mylar sleeves.

Arrangement:

The folders in the collection are arranged alphabetically.

Access

RESTRICTIONS:

There are no restrictions for accessing this material.

TERMS OF ACCESS:

Written permission must be obtained from and all relevant rights holders before publishing quotations, excerpts or images from any materials in this collection.

PREFERRED CITATION:

Preferred citation for this material is as follows:

Belva Ann Lockwood Collection,

LOCATION OF THIS COLLECTION:
Special Collections Research Center
Syracuse University Libraries
Bird Library, Room 600
Syracuse, NY 13244, United States
CONTACT:
315.443.2697
scrc@syr.edu