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-	Like all the Shortridges, Samuel was a hard worker. He and his brother Charles were “common miners” in Nevada City “for some time” before moving to San Jose. ~~OSCAR SHUCK~~, ~~BENCH AND BAR OF CALIFORNIA~~: ~~HISTORY~~, ~~ANECDOTES~~, ~~REMINISCENCES~~ (1889). Sam Shortridge attended high school there, and also worked as the town lamplighter, a job requiring a high degree of reliability. He taught school for a few years before joining the Bar in the mid 1880s, and took offices in the Montgomery Block, next door to Foltz. San Jose Mercury, July 17, 1885. He apprenticed with the renowned lawyer Delphin Delmas in San Francisco. At some point fairly early in his legal career, Sam Shortridge became the counselor and family retainer to John Spreckels. See more about Spreckels clan in Charles Shortridge entry.	+	Like all the Shortridges, Samuel was a hard worker. He and his brother Charles were “common miners” in Nevada City “for some time” before moving to San Jose. Oscar Shuck, ''Bench and Bar of California: History, Anecdotes, Reminiscences (1889).'' Sam Shortridge attended high school there, and also worked as the town lamplighter, a job requiring a high degree of reliability. He taught school for a few years before joining the Bar in the mid 1880s, and took offices in the Montgomery Block, next door to Foltz. San Jose Mercury, July 17, 1885. He apprenticed with the renowned lawyer Delphin Delmas in San Francisco. At some point fairly early in his legal career, Sam Shortridge became the counselor and family retainer to John Spreckels. See more about Spreckels clan in Charles Shortridge entry.


-	Oscar Shuck in ~~BENCH AND BAR OF CALIFORNIA~~: ~~HISTORY~~, ~~ANECDOTES~~, ~~REMINISCENCES~~ (1889), at 506-508 has a long entry on Samuel Shortridge with extensive quotations from his speeches. Several aspects of this entry are of special interest, especially as part of the background of Foltz’s public defender idea. The only case mentioned is Shortridge’s appointed defense of a Chinese man accused of murder. Shortridge launched a very unusual defense based on a study of Chinese culture and inter-tribal loyalties. In the case he was facing not only a seasoned prosecutor, but also two special lawyers employed by the victim’s family. Foltz in her World’s Fair speech decried the practice of “hired counsel [who] are frequently joined in the prosecution, counsel in no sense representing the majesty of a great State, but rather, the malice of a great prosecuting witness whose pride and vanity urge him to pay for a conviction…. over which he may gloat in the unholy pleasure of his revenge.” It seems likely that she may have been thinking of Sam’s case, since there is no record of her having faced such a hyped up prosecution.	+	Oscar Shuck in ''Bench and Bar of California: History, Anecdotes, Reminiscences (1889),'' at 506-508 has a long entry on Samuel Shortridge with extensive quotations from his speeches. Several aspects of this entry are of special interest, especially as part of the background of Foltz’s public defender idea. The only case mentioned is Shortridge’s appointed defense of a Chinese man accused of murder. Shortridge launched a very unusual defense based on a study of Chinese culture and inter-tribal loyalties. In the case he was facing not only a seasoned prosecutor, but also two special lawyers employed by the victim’s family. Foltz in her World’s Fair speech decried the practice of “hired counsel [who] are frequently joined in the prosecution, counsel in no sense representing the majesty of a great State, but rather, the malice of a great prosecuting witness whose pride and vanity urge him to pay for a conviction…. over which he may gloat in the unholy pleasure of his revenge.” It seems likely that she may have been thinking of Sam’s case, since there is no record of her having faced such a hyped up prosecution.


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-	Even when in active practice, Sam Shortridge’s reputation was more as an orator before crowds rather than before juries. Indeed his entry in ~~SHUCK~~, ~~BENCH AND BAR~~ (1901) is curious in that regard. Though it apparently covers the period through 1900, it is like the earlier description of Sam Shortridge mainly as an orator, and does not mention any cases at all that he tried. He did appear in at least one famous case, though it ended in a guilty plea rather than a trial; Shortridge was one of the lawyers for Abe Ruef, the Union-Labor party boss when he was prosecuted on various corruption charges in 1907. One side of the Spreckels family was funding the prosecution and the other, led by John Spreckels, was providing the defense. Historian Walton Bean in describing the litigation, says that Shortridge was “an able lawyer.” ~~BOSS RUEF’S SAN FRANCISCO~~: ~~THE STORY OF THE UNION LABOR PARTY~~, ~~BIG BUSINESS~~, ~~AND THE GRAFT PROSECUTION~~, (1952) at 168. But there is little evidence on the record that this was so; at any rate Sam was more of a negotiator and behind the scenes operator than he was a trial lawyer.	+	Even when in active practice, Sam Shortridge’s reputation was more as an orator before crowds rather than before juries. Indeed his entry in ''Shuck, Bench and Bar'' (1901) is curious in that regard. Though it apparently covers the period through 1900, it is like the earlier description of Sam Shortridge mainly as an orator, and does not mention any cases at all that he tried. He did appear in at least one famous case, though it ended in a guilty plea rather than a trial; Shortridge was one of the lawyers for Abe Ruef, the Union-Labor party boss when he was prosecuted on various corruption charges in 1907. One side of the Spreckels family was funding the prosecution and the other, led by John Spreckels, was providing the defense. Historian Walton Bean in describing the litigation, says that Shortridge was “an able lawyer.” ''Boss Ruef's San Francisco: The Story of the Union Labor Party, Big Business, and the Graft Prosecution,'' (1952) at 168. But there is little evidence on the record that this was so; at any rate Sam was more of a negotiator and behind the scenes operator than he was a trial lawyer.


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-	Though Shuck in his 1889 volume relates stories of his effectiveness as a speaker, particularly an incident where he brought a rough crowd of miners to tears, at 505-06, Shortridge’s oratorical style went out before he left the public stage. It was strictly nineteenth century in rounded periods and mellifluous tones; it was also amazingly content-free. Ambrose Bierce in ~~BLACK BEETLES IN AMBER~~ 1892 wrote of the emptiness of his rhetoric:	+	Though Shuck in his 1889 volume relates stories of his effectiveness as a speaker, particularly an incident where he brought a rough crowd of miners to tears, at 505-06, Shortridge’s oratorical style went out before he left the public stage. It was strictly nineteenth century in rounded periods and mellifluous tones; it was also amazingly content-free. Ambrose Bierce in ''Black Beetles in Amber'' 1892 wrote of the emptiness of his rhetoric:

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-	Elias Shortridge was from the northern branch of the family; both he and his wife Telitha Cumi Harwood were born in Indiana. In the ~~SHUCK~~, ~~BENCH AND BAR~~ entry above, Samuel said his father had a “deep and cultured mind” and spoke of his legal apprenticeship with Oliver Morton (later Unionist governor of Indiana) and ministry in the “Christian denomination in which President Garfield was prominent.” Many of Foltz’s biographical entries also mention Elias as an “eloquent” Adventist or Christian minister. ''See e.g.'', ''A Woman of the Century'', (Willard and Livermore, eds. 1893), Clara Foltz entry.	+	Elias Shortridge was from the northern branch of the family; both he and his wife Telitha Cumi Harwood were born in Indiana. In the ''Shuck, Bench and Bar'' entry above, Samuel said his father had a “deep and cultured mind” and spoke of his legal apprenticeship with Oliver Morton (later Unionist governor of Indiana) and ministry in the “Christian denomination in which President Garfield was prominent.” Many of Foltz’s biographical entries also mention Elias as an “eloquent” Adventist or Christian minister. ''See e.g.'', ''A Woman of the Century'', (Willard and Livermore, eds. 1893), Clara Foltz entry.

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-	Clara Foltz was proud of her Shortridge heritage. Many of her press interviews and biographical entries mention her background. ''See e.g.'' ~~OSCAR SHUCK~~, ~~HISTORY OF THE BENCH AND BAR OF CALIFORNIA~~ (1901) Clara Foltz entry; she came from “an old American family” known for “mental and physical vigor and uncompromising virtue.” Originating in Scotland and Northern Ireland, the Shortridges first established themselves in Kentucky, where they “intermarried with the family of Daniel Boone,” a connection Foltz said gave her courage. From Kentucky, some Shortridges went south to Alabama, where they produced several well-known lawyers and judges. ''Id.'', Samuel Shortridge entry.	+	Clara Foltz was proud of her Shortridge heritage. Many of her press interviews and biographical entries mention her background. ''See e.g.'' Oscar Shuck, ''History of the Bench and Bar of California'' (1901) Clara Foltz entry; she came from “an old American family” known for “mental and physical vigor and uncompromising virtue.” Originating in Scotland and Northern Ireland, the Shortridges first established themselves in Kentucky, where they “intermarried with the family of Daniel Boone,” a connection Foltz said gave her courage. From Kentucky, some Shortridges went south to Alabama, where they produced several well-known lawyers and judges. ''Id.'', Samuel Shortridge entry.


-	Elias Shortridge was from the northern branch of the family; both he and his wife Telitha Cumi Harwood were born in Indiana. In the SHUCK, BENCH AND BAR entry above, Samuel said his father had a “deep and cultured mind” and spoke of his legal apprenticeship with Oliver Morton (later Unionist governor of Indiana) and ministry in the “Christian denomination in which President Garfield was prominent.” Many of Foltz’s biographical entries also mention Elias as an “eloquent” Adventist or Christian minister. ''See e.g.'', A ~~WOMAN OF THE CENTURY~~, (Willard and Livermore, eds. 1893), Clara Foltz entry.	+	Elias Shortridge was from the northern branch of the family; both he and his wife Telitha Cumi Harwood were born in Indiana. In the SHUCK, BENCH AND BAR entry above, Samuel said his father had a “deep and cultured mind” and spoke of his legal apprenticeship with Oliver Morton (later Unionist governor of Indiana) and ministry in the “Christian denomination in which President Garfield was prominent.” Many of Foltz’s biographical entries also mention Elias as an “eloquent” Adventist or Christian minister. ''See e.g.'', ''A Woman of the Century'', (Willard and Livermore, eds. 1893), Clara Foltz entry.

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	Virginia was the most successful of Foltz’s three daughters in her theater career. She also looked most like her. Indeed several photographs in the L. A. Examiner files, identified as Clara Foltz, may have been of Virginia. In press interviews, Virginia spoke of her mother admiringly. ''See e.g.'', ''Coming of Virginia Foltz Creates a Stir in Society'', S.F.Call, March 3, 1902. (Virginia Foltz in town with beautiful clothes and jewelry to visit her mother) “Miss Foltz is indebted to her mother in more ways than one for the high standard of ability she has shown for Mrs. Foltz has been very successful financially in the legal profession and has spared no expense in giving this youngest daughter, as well as her other four children, a liberal education.” ''See also'', ''Women in the Public Eye,'' Indianapolis STAR, May 5, 1910, reprinted from a New York paper in Foltz, Scrapbook, with headline ''As Proud of Being Good Mother as of Her Success as a Lawyer: National Tribute is Won by this Portia.'' In this interview, Virginia spoke to the press and told the whole story of Foltz’s career, starting when she herself was a babe in arms, “rocked to sleep while her mother pored over musty law books.” She emphasized that “Mother was most womanly in every sense. She was one of the laciest and softiest [sic] creatures you ever saw.” In one startling departure from the standard line, however, Virginia Foltz resurrected Jeremiah as part of Clara Foltz's story. Instead of the desperate widow Foltz had been presenting for thirty years, Virginia described “a woman beginning a career on an income so slender she could not keep servants, and against the advice of a husband who doubted if she could be a good wife, mother and successful bread-winner at the same time.”		Virginia was the most successful of Foltz’s three daughters in her theater career. She also looked most like her. Indeed several photographs in the L. A. Examiner files, identified as Clara Foltz, may have been of Virginia. In press interviews, Virginia spoke of her mother admiringly. ''See e.g.'', ''Coming of Virginia Foltz Creates a Stir in Society'', S.F.Call, March 3, 1902. (Virginia Foltz in town with beautiful clothes and jewelry to visit her mother) “Miss Foltz is indebted to her mother in more ways than one for the high standard of ability she has shown for Mrs. Foltz has been very successful financially in the legal profession and has spared no expense in giving this youngest daughter, as well as her other four children, a liberal education.” ''See also'', ''Women in the Public Eye,'' Indianapolis STAR, May 5, 1910, reprinted from a New York paper in Foltz, Scrapbook, with headline ''As Proud of Being Good Mother as of Her Success as a Lawyer: National Tribute is Won by this Portia.'' In this interview, Virginia spoke to the press and told the whole story of Foltz’s career, starting when she herself was a babe in arms, “rocked to sleep while her mother pored over musty law books.” She emphasized that “Mother was most womanly in every sense. She was one of the laciest and softiest [sic] creatures you ever saw.” In one startling departure from the standard line, however, Virginia Foltz resurrected Jeremiah as part of Clara Foltz's story. Instead of the desperate widow Foltz had been presenting for thirty years, Virginia described “a woman beginning a career on an income so slender she could not keep servants, and against the advice of a husband who doubted if she could be a good wife, mother and successful bread-winner at the same time.”
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		+	Virginia Foltz is mentioned on pages 7, 33, 40, 86-87, 110, 115, 118, 120, 174-76, 198, 213, 321-23 of ''Woman Lawyer''.

	==Mt. Pleasant and Howe’s Academy==		==Mt. Pleasant and Howe’s Academy==

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	*1915: June 14, Bertha dies at Clara Foltz’s home, 153 South Normandie Avenue, at age 42. L.A. TIMES, June 15, 1915. Occupation at death listed as “housewife” (no longer an actress). “Cause of death was acute nephritis, not puerperal. Contributing factors were malnutrition, chronic dyspepsia of seven years duration.” Death Certificate. This is consistent with the family belief that Bertha died of alcoholism.		*1915: June 14, Bertha dies at Clara Foltz’s home, 153 South Normandie Avenue, at age 42. L.A. TIMES, June 15, 1915. Occupation at death listed as “housewife” (no longer an actress). “Cause of death was acute nephritis, not puerperal. Contributing factors were malnutrition, chronic dyspepsia of seven years duration.” Death Certificate. This is consistent with the family belief that Bertha died of alcoholism.
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		+	Bertha Foltz is mentioned on pages 6, 40, 110, 118, 179, 199, 210, 211, 213, and 260 of ''Woman Lawyer''.

	===Virginia Foltz Catron===		===Virginia Foltz Catron===

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	*1932: Oct. 5, 1932. Died at 60 years, 8 months old. Occupation: agent, Life Insurance Company—worked until the day before he died. Cause of death “angina pectoris, chronic myocarditis.” David died intestate, reportedly leaving Bessie $650.00 in oil rights in Virginia’s husband, John’s oil concern Careaga Rancho, and $1,000.00 in other property.		*1932: Oct. 5, 1932. Died at 60 years, 8 months old. Occupation: agent, Life Insurance Company—worked until the day before he died. Cause of death “angina pectoris, chronic myocarditis.” David died intestate, reportedly leaving Bessie $650.00 in oil rights in Virginia’s husband, John’s oil concern Careaga Rancho, and $1,000.00 in other property.
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	===Bertha May Foltz Newman===		===Bertha May Foltz Newman===

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	*1919: Sam died at 153 South Normandie Avenue (Clara Foltz’s house), on January 15, 1919 at age 50 years, 2 months, 25 days. Occupation “journalist.” “Cause of death pulmonary tuberculosis.”		*1919: Sam died at 153 South Normandie Avenue (Clara Foltz’s house), on January 15, 1919 at age 50 years, 2 months, 25 days. Occupation “journalist.” “Cause of death pulmonary tuberculosis.”
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	===David Milton Foltz===		===David Milton Foltz===

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-	Additional information about "[https://wlh.law.stanford.edu/woman-lawyer/claras-legacy/trella-foltz-toland/ Trella Evelyn Foltz]'' ''is available at the Women's Legal History website, in'' ''[http://wlh-wiki.law.stanford.edu/index.php/Trella_Toland_and_Her_Autograph_Book Chapter 4]'', ''and on pages 6, 27, 40, 80, 86-87, 110, 124-25, 134, 174, 197-98, 211, 257 of~~'' ''~~''Woman Lawyer~~''''~~.	+	Additional information about "[https://wlh.law.stanford.edu/woman-lawyer/claras-legacy/trella-foltz-toland/ Trella Evelyn Foltz]'' ''is available at the Women's Legal History website, in'' ''[http://wlh-wiki.law.stanford.edu/index.php/Trella_Toland_and_Her_Autograph_Book Chapter 4]'', ''and on pages 6, 27, 40, 80, 86-87, 110, 124-25, 134, 174, 197-98, 211, 257 of'' Woman Lawyer.

	For more on Trella’s career, see on-line note, ''[http://wlh-static.law.stanford.edu/trella/TF-autograph_book.pdf 'Trella Toland and Her Autograph Book']''. She is mentioned in Chapters Two, Four, and Five.		For more on Trella’s career, see on-line note, ''[http://wlh-static.law.stanford.edu/trella/TF-autograph_book.pdf 'Trella Toland and Her Autograph Book']''. She is mentioned in Chapters Two, Four, and Five.

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-	Additional information about "[https://wlh.law.stanford.edu/woman-lawyer/claras-legacy/trella-foltz-toland/ Trella Evelyn Foltz]'' is available at the Women's Legal History website, in ''[http://wlh-wiki.law.stanford.edu/index.php/Trella_Toland_and_Her_Autograph_Book Chapter 4]'', and on pages 6, 27, 40, 80, 86-87, 110, 124-25, 134, 174, 197-98, 211, 257 of ''Woman Lawyer''.	+	Additional information about "[https://wlh.law.stanford.edu/woman-lawyer/claras-legacy/trella-foltz-toland/ Trella Evelyn Foltz]'' ''is available at the Women's Legal History website, in'' ''[http://wlh-wiki.law.stanford.edu/index.php/Trella_Toland_and_Her_Autograph_Book Chapter 4]'', ''and on pages 6, 27, 40, 80, 86-87, 110, 124-25, 134, 174, 197-98, 211, 257 of'' ''''Woman Lawyer''''.

	For more on Trella’s career, see on-line note, ''[http://wlh-static.law.stanford.edu/trella/TF-autograph_book.pdf 'Trella Toland and Her Autograph Book']''. She is mentioned in Chapters Two, Four, and Five.		For more on Trella’s career, see on-line note, ''[http://wlh-static.law.stanford.edu/trella/TF-autograph_book.pdf 'Trella Toland and Her Autograph Book']''. She is mentioned in Chapters Two, Four, and Five.