{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/66ef9bb90888a4f3f0de8e90/675def9ba89833ab77455524?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Women who represented themselves at the Supreme Court","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/66ef9bb90888a4f3f0de8e90/1734209384719-9cc9c58d-b813-4860-82c4-b333a6094984.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>Conley v. Ballinger and Conklin v. Conklin / Augusta Chronicle are the three Supreme Court cases where women represented themselves 'pro se' / 'pro per'. Conley was a lawyer protecting her tribe's cemetery in 1910. Conklin was a writer without legal training who contested her divorce and a newspaper reporting on that divorce in 1920. They were the 2nd and 7th women to argue at the Court.</p><p><br></p><p>KCUR report on Lyda Conley and Wyandot Cemetery (updated 2024) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yzfuoYEvqno</p><p><br></p><p>Plans to honor Conley in Kansas City in 2025-2026: https://www.monumentaart.org/fortconley</p><p><br></p><p>Other linkable sources:</p><p>Supreme Court Historical Society / a spreadsheet listing women at the Court through 2021/22 https://supremecourthistory.org/oral-arguments/women-advocates-before-the-supreme-court/</p><p>Scan of Conklin's book \"Conversation\" https://archive.org/details/conversationwhat00conkrich/mode/2up</p><p>Conklin divorce case: https://case-law.vlex.com/vid/conklin-v-conklin-801-907511525</p><p>Augusta Chronicle case: https://case-law.vlex.com/vid/conklin-v-augusta-chronicle-887904746</p><p>FindAGrave page for Conklin: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/30938430/sarah_eleanor_greer</p><p>YouGov https://today.yougov.com/topics/politics/survey-results/daily/2023/01/02/fd798/3 and https://today.yougov.com/society/articles/35852-lions-and-tigers-and-bears-what-animal-would-win-f</p>","author_name":"Nick Doiron"}