Document Type
Article
Publication Date
Spring 4-1-2011
Abstract
Helen M. Gougar appeared before the Indiana Supreme Court in 1897 to argue on behalf of suffrage for women. Judge James McCabe said Gougar made “one of the most forcible, logical and concise legal arguments ever made before this court. Not one man in a hundred acquits himself so well.’’
Recommended Citation
Jennifer L. Adams, “Lafayette’s Trial of the Nineteenth Century: The Scandal, Rumor, & Politics of Mrs. Helen J. Gougar,” Traces: Indiana History Magazine, Spring 2011.
Comments
Excerpt from full issue available at the Indiana Historical Society Digital Library.