Conley v. Ballinger and Conklin v. Conklin / Augusta Chronicle are the three Supreme Court cases where women represented themselves 'pro se' / 'pro per'. Conley was a lawyer protecting her tribe's cemetery in 1910. Conklin was a writer without legal training who contested her divorce and a newspaper reporting on that divorce in 1920. They were the 2nd and 7th women to argue at the Court.

KCUR report on Lyda Conley and Wyandot Cemetery (updated 2024) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yzfuoYEvqno

Plans to honor Conley in Kansas City in 2025-2026: https://www.monumentaart.org/fortconley

Other linkable sources:

Supreme Court Historical Society / a spreadsheet listing women at the Court through 2021/22 https://supremecourthistory.org/oral-arguments/women-advocates-before-the-supreme-court/

Scan of Conklin's book "Conversation" https://archive.org/details/conversationwhat00conkrich/mode/2up

Conklin divorce case: https://case-law.vlex.com/vid/conklin-v-conklin-801-907511525

Augusta Chronicle case: https://case-law.vlex.com/vid/conklin-v-augusta-chronicle-887904746

FindAGrave page for Conklin: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/30938430/sarah_eleanor_greer

YouGov https://today.yougov.com/topics/politics/survey-results/daily/2023/01/02/fd798/3 and https://today.yougov.com/society/articles/35852-lions-and-tigers-and-bears-what-animal-would-win-f

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