Ruth Williams Cupp Signed Portia Steps Up to the Bar: The First Women Lawyers ..

Portia Steps Up to the Bar: The First Women Lawyers of South Carolina Association Copy Inscribed / Signed by Ruth Williams Cupp

Ivy House Publishing, 2003. Hardcover. 223 pp. Brown cloth with white stamped title to spine. Illustrated with b/w photos. Inscribed by Ruth Williams Cupp to the front free endpaper "Dear Larry, I needed your help to write this book. Thank you for your ideas and your encouragement. Love, Ruth." Signed and dated November, 03.

VG+ Square and firm. Free of markings aside from the inscription. Negligible brush to bottom front board. Subtle even toning to pages and dust jacket verso.



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Ruth Cupp (née Williams; December 16, 1928 - July 9, 2016) was an American lawyer, legislator, judge, and author in South Carolina. She was the first woman admitted to the Charleston CountyBar Association. She served as an associate probate judge, and was elected to the South Carolina House of Representatives. She was also a columnist for Charleston'sThe Post and Courier. (Wikipedia)