got to sacramento. when i arrived there at the state capitol it was a constitutional convention and i never saw so many men, so well throwing tantrums over a little woman like me just wanting to be a lawyer. well, their faces were as red as turkey gobblers. they just could not buy that whole idea. but i just kept arguing. in n a lady like manner of course. and the bill passed on the second vote. now there are hundreds of these bills before the convention and they would not become law until the governor signed them. well, time was running out. it was almost midnight on the last day. i didn t know what to do. so i stroled into the governor s office and up to his desk and i politely told him that i would like to be a lawyer and he said why? and i said because that s my lifelong dream and why couldn t a woman be a lawyer? he signed that bill and i became the first woman lawyer in california and the west coast. but even though i became that lawyer, i felt i would be i could ge
equiping them and equiping residents in those areas with jobs that will enable them to stay in san francisco is critical to that. the important thing that i see here at caminos is it helps the low income community, it helps the women who wouldn t have this opportunity otherwise. the workers with more education in san francisco are more likely to be able to working that knowledge sector. where they are going to need that familiarity with the internet, they are going to find value with it and use it and be productive with it every day. and half of the city s population that s in the other boat is disconnected from all that potential prosperity. we really need to promote content and provide applications that are really relevant to people s lives here. so a lot of the inspiration, especially among the immigrant community, we see is communications with people from their home country but we as much want to use the internet as a tool for people to connect within the local san
said you would make a great lawyer. if you were a boy. so i buried that dream. but i never forgot. at 15, i met a handsome union soldier named jeremiah fultz and we eloped. we moved west to greener pasttures. first to oregon. then san jose, california. it was around 1876 and i had just had my fifth child. i was working at home as a dress maker and the sheriff came to the door and took my sewing machine for a debt that my husband owed. well, i knew this was illegal. i had been reading blackstone since i was 10. so i went to the court and i pled my own case and won. then, after that, mr. fultz decided he needed to go on to greener pasttures and he left so i realized that i was going to be the court of myself and my children. so i decided now is my chance to be a lawyer. why couldn t i be a lawyer? well, it is right there in the code. you have to be of good moral character. i m that. you have to be over 21. i m that. and a white male. so i simply took the code, took out white ma
maker and the sheriff came to the door and took my sewing machine for a debt that my husband owed. well, i knew this was illegal. i had been reading blackstone since i was 10. so i went to the court and i pled my own case and won. then, after that, mr. fultz decided he needed to go on to greener pasttures and he left so i realized that i was going to be the court of myself and my children. so i decided now is my chance to be a lawyer. why couldn t i be a lawyer? well, it is right there in the code. you have to be of good moral character. i m that. you have to be over 21. i m that. and a white male. so i simply took the code, took out white male, put in person and called it the laid lawyer bill and off i went to the lady lawyer bill and off i went to sacramento. there i was. now i had very little money so i was able to talk a conductor of one of the trains into taking me in the caboose for free but i got to sacramento. when i arrived there at the state capitol it was a const
as a child i wanted to be a lawyer. i went to my father and told him i want to be a lawyer and he said you would make a great lawyer. if you were a boy. so i buried that dream. but i never forgot. at 15, i met a handsome union soldier named jeremiah fultz and we eloped. we moved west to greener pasttures. first to oregon. then san jose, california. it was around 1876 and i had just had my fifth child. i was working at home as a dress maker and the sheriff came to the door and took my sewing machine for a debt that my husband owed. well, i knew this was illegal. i had been reading blackstone since i was 10. so i went to the court and i pled my own case and won. then, after that, mr. fultz decided he needed to go on to greener pasttures and he left so i realized that i was going to be the court of myself and my children. so i decided now is my chance to be a lawyer. why couldn t i be a lawyer? well, it is right there in the code. you have to be of good moral character. i m that