“I am bound to get in if I climb up the roof and go down the chimney.”
Lavinia Goodell, June 8, 1874
During the first two weeks of June 1874, Lavinia Goodell’s mind was consumed with plans to take the bar examination so that she could be admitted to practice law in Wisconsin. It was not clear until an hour prior to the examination on June 17 whether she would actually be allowed to sit for it. In a
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