Life, Love & Activism: America’s First Female Lawyers

Join Park Square Theatre and the Hamline Center for Justice and Law for Life, Love and Activism, a pre-show talk by attorney and law professor Leondra Hanson.

Myra Bradwell was a legal reformer and journalist who helped women obtain the right to practice law. She was also a contemporary and an acquaintance of Susan B. Anthony, and while the two agreed on outcome they did not always agree on approach. Bradwell’s experiences and relationships, and those of the other women lawyers of her time, offer relevant lessons for all who seek to be "agitators."

Thursday, Oct 4, 2018

6:30 p.m. Pre-show talk. Park Square Theatre Lower Level. Proscenium Rehearsal Hall.

7:30 p.m. Performance of The Agitators.

The pre-show talk is free with purchase of a theatre ticket. Please RSVP to assist us in set-up.

Purchase Tickets at parksquaretheatre.org

About The Agitators:

Susan B. Anthony, a famed suffragette, and Frederick Douglass, a former slave who became a renowned civil rights leader, were friends and allies–and sometimes, adversaries. This is the story of their enduring and tempestuous 45-year friendship, from the Civil War through the changing of the Constitution. They agitated the nation, they agitated each other and today, they challenge and inspire us.

The Agitators runs Sept 21- Oct 28 on Park Square Theatre's Proscenium Stage.

Leondra M. Hanson, J.D. is Associate Professor, Legal Studies Department Chair, and Director of Graduate Legal Education at Hamline University.