George Sharswood: Blocking Women’s Suffrage

All Bones Considered: Laurel Hill Stories #055, The Supremes, Part 2

George Sharswood served as Dean of the Law School at Penn from 1852 to 1868.  He served on the State Supreme Court for many years and as Chief Justice; in 1871 he and a majority ruled against suffragette Carrie Burnham, which denied the vote to women for an additional 48 years.