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DAR costumes on loan to the Supreme Court - another example of DAR’s service to our country! Can’t wait to hear when this exhibit opens.

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We were honored to be asked to lend a turn-of-the-20th-century women’s tailored suit to the U.S. Supreme Court for its current exhibit, “In Re Lady Lawyers: The Rise of Women Attorneys and the Supreme Court.” The suit represents attire worn by Belva Lockwood, the first woman attorney to argue a case before the Supreme Court in 1880. In addition to being a lawyer, Lockwood was a suffragist and equal rights advocate; she ran for President in 1884 and 1888; and she was a DAR member! The suit is the sort Lockwood might have worn when appearing before the Bench to argue a case.

We also offered to dress the other garment in the exhibit: the suit worn by Sandra Day O’Connor when her nomination was announced in 1981. O'Conner was the first woman to become a Supreme Court Justice. The photo shows costume curator Alden O’Brien with costume historian Alison Polivka in the Curator’s Office of the Supreme Court.

The exhibit is open to the public along with the rest of the Court building and exhibits, M-F 9-4:30 (except Federal holidays). Check out more about the exhibit here: www.supremecourt.gov/visiting/RiseOfWomenAttorneys.aspx. All photos courtesy of the Supreme Court of the United States. ...

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