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Aug 17, 1838 Pennsylvania, United States Died on 05 Apr 1907 (aged 68)
American activist and lawyer
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About Laura De Force Gordon
- Laura de Force Gordon (née Laura de Force; August 17, 1838 – April 5, 1907) was a California lawyer, newspaper publisher, and a prominent suffragette.
- She was the first woman to run a daily newspaper in the United States (the Stockton Daily Leader, 1874), and the second female lawyer admitted to practice in California. As an activist, Gordon was a key proponent of the Woman Lawyer's Bill, which allowed women to practice law in California.
- She also pushed for the inclusion of a section in the California Constitution that prohibited the state from barring women from practicing any profession.
