Clara Shortridge Foltz
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Clara Shortridge Foltz was a pioneering American lawyer, suffragist, and reformer who became the first female attorney on the Pacific Coast and a key advocate for the public defender system.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Clara Shortridge Foltz canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1758680 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Clara Shortridge Foltz Context triple: [Clara Shortridge Foltz Criminal Justice Center, namedAfter, Clara Shortridge Foltz]
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A.
Matilda Joslyn Gage
Matilda Joslyn Gage was a 19th-century American suffragist, abolitionist, and writer known for her radical advocacy for women's rights and separation of church and state.
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B.
Carrie Chapman Catt
Carrie Chapman Catt was a prominent American suffragist and peace activist who led the campaign for women’s right to vote and served as president of the National American Woman Suffrage Association.
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C.
Aurelia S. Browder
Aurelia S. Browder was a civil rights activist whose arrest for refusing to give up her bus seat in Montgomery, Alabama, led to her serving as a key plaintiff in the landmark case that helped end bus segregation.
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D.
Emily Warren
Emily Warren was an American engineer and women’s rights advocate best known for her crucial role in overseeing the completion of the Brooklyn Bridge in the late 19th century.
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E.
Harriet Brackett Spence Lowell
Harriet Brackett Spence Lowell was the mother of American poet and critic James Russell Lowell and a member of the prominent Lowell family of New England.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Clara Shortridge Foltz Target entity description: Clara Shortridge Foltz was a pioneering American lawyer, suffragist, and reformer who became the first female attorney on the Pacific Coast and a key advocate for the public defender system.
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A.
Matilda Joslyn Gage
Matilda Joslyn Gage was a 19th-century American suffragist, abolitionist, and writer known for her radical advocacy for women's rights and separation of church and state.
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B.
Carrie Chapman Catt
Carrie Chapman Catt was a prominent American suffragist and peace activist who led the campaign for women’s right to vote and served as president of the National American Woman Suffrage Association.
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C.
Aurelia S. Browder
Aurelia S. Browder was a civil rights activist whose arrest for refusing to give up her bus seat in Montgomery, Alabama, led to her serving as a key plaintiff in the landmark case that helped end bus segregation.
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D.
Emily Warren
Emily Warren was an American engineer and women’s rights advocate best known for her crucial role in overseeing the completion of the Brooklyn Bridge in the late 19th century.
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E.
Harriet Brackett Spence Lowell
Harriet Brackett Spence Lowell was the mother of American poet and critic James Russell Lowell and a member of the prominent Lowell family of New England.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
feminist
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lawyer ⓘ legal reformer ⓘ person ⓘ suffragist ⓘ |
| admittedToBar |
1878
ⓘ
California, United States ⓘ
surface form:
California
|
| advocatedFor |
indigent defendants' right to counsel
ⓘ
women's access to legal education ⓘ women's right to vote ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1849-07-16 ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
Milton, Indiana
ⓘ
surface form:
Milton, Indiana, United States
|
| coFounded |
New American Woman magazine
ⓘ
The San Diego Daily Bee ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1934-09-02 ⓘ |
| deathPlace |
Los Angeles, California, United States of America
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surface form:
Los Angeles, California, United States
|
| educatedAt | self-taught in law ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | European American ⓘ |
| familyName | Foltz ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
criminal justice reform
ⓘ
legal ethics ⓘ women's rights ⓘ |
| fullName | Clara Shortridge Foltz self-link ⓘ |
| givenName | Clara ⓘ |
| honoredBy | renaming of the Criminal Courts Building in Los Angeles to Clara Shortridge Foltz Criminal Justice Center ⓘ |
| honoredIn |
National Women’s Hall of Fame
ⓘ
surface form:
National Women's Hall of Fame
|
| knownFor | "Foltz Defender Bill" model public defender statute ⓘ |
| movement |
progressive movement
ⓘ
women's suffrage movement ⓘ |
| notableAchievement |
first female deputy district attorney in the United States
ⓘ
first woman admitted to practice law in California ⓘ |
| notableFor |
advocacy for the public defender system
ⓘ
being the first female lawyer on the Pacific Coast ⓘ |
| numberOfChildren | 5 ⓘ |
| occupation |
lawyer
ⓘ
public speaker ⓘ writer ⓘ |
| politicalParty | Republican Party ⓘ |
| presentedAt |
World’s Columbian Exposition
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surface form:
1893 Chicago World's Fair Congress of Jurisprudence and Law Reform
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| proposed | public defender system ⓘ |
| proposedAt |
World’s Columbian Exposition
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surface form:
1893 Chicago World's Fair Congress of Jurisprudence and Law Reform
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| ranForOffice |
district attorney of San Francisco
ⓘ
governor of California ⓘ state assembly in California ⓘ |
| religion |
Protestant Christianity
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surface form:
Protestantism
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| sexOrGender | female ⓘ |
| spouse | Jeremiah Richard Foltz ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Los Angeles, California, United States of America
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surface form:
Los Angeles, California
San Francisco, California, United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
San Francisco, California
|
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Clara Shortridge Foltz Description of subject: Clara Shortridge Foltz was a pioneering American lawyer, suffragist, and reformer who became the first female attorney on the Pacific Coast and a key advocate for the public defender system.
Referenced by (2)
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