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The woman, a slight and delicate person, but full of nerve and courage, stood up before the , men present without displaying the slightest trepidation or alarm, and during the ten minutes allotted her she succeeded in making herself heard in all parts of the hall, and in this respect, too, was much more successful than many of the strong men who made speeches after her. 47 From until , only a handful of women were seated as either delegates or alternates, numbering about percent of either party’s convention delegates in .
Held that the State had the power to restrict to men the right to practice law) Right to work on same conditions as men: Muller v. S. () Miller v. S. () Bosley v. S. () Radice v. S. () West Coast Hotel Co. v. S. () Gossert [sic] v. S. ) Right to Jury Service: Commonwealth v. Welosky, Mass. () Certiorari denied. S. () (Held that State statute completely excluding women from Jury service was not invalid) Hoyt v. Florida, So.
24 However, although this provision was intended “to benefit women in the matter of pay,” for nearly the next ninety-two years, from until , the act “was construed . . ”25 As a result, many jobs in the government remained closed to women. Especially closed to women were high-level posts. This remained the case until Julia Lathrop was appointed to head the Children’s Bureau in . ”26 The Impact of a Civil Service System Following the assassination of President James A. Garfield in by Charles J.