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Title
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But I'm Only a Woman: Tiera Farrow's Defense of Clara Schweiger
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Description
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Clara Schweiger killed her husband and Mary Tiera Farrow defended her, one of the first times that a female attorney defended another woman on murder charges in the United States. This article shows how the popular press of the day regarded female attorneys. Miss Farrow came to Kansas City in 1899.
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Date
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2002
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Title
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Lawyer in Petticoats
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Description
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Photos and captions about Mary Tiera Farrow, called the dean of women lawyers by her contemporaries. She describes herself as the first female lawyer, the first female divorce proctor, the first female judge, all in Kansas City. She notes that she twice served as city treasurer.
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Date
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1953
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Object Type
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Book
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Title
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Kansas City Women of Independent Minds
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Description
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Photo and bio of Mary Tiera Farrow, or Mary Farrow (1880-1971), "the dean of women lawyers in Kansas City" and author of the book "Lawyer in Petticoats." Description of her life and career as a native of Indiana coming to Kansas City about 1898 as an office worker before becoming a lawyer with offices in the New York Life Building and city treasurer of Kansas City, Kansas, in 1907. First president of the Women's Bar Association of Kansas City in 1917 and co-founder of "a women's school of law in 1925" in Kansas City with Louise Byers.
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Date
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1992
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Object Type
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Book
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Title
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Women Lawyers In and Around Kansas City
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Description
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Article profiles four Kansas City area women lawyers: Mary Tiera Farrow, Leona H. Pouncey Thurman, Mary Elizabeth Lease and Lyda Conley. Photograph of Tiera Farrow only.
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Date
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2005-03
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Object Type
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Newsletter Article
