# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/clara-shortridge-foltz
# Generated: 2026-08-15T11:45:25.475Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/clara-shortridge-foltz"
name: "Clara Shortridge Foltz"
slug: "clara-shortridge-foltz"
description: "Clara Shortridge Foltz was an American lawyer, the first female lawyer on the West Coast, and the pioneer of the idea of the public defender. The Criminal Courts Building in downtown Los Angeles was renamed after her in 2002, and is now known as the Clara Shortridge Foltz Criminal Justice Center."
tagline: "American lawyer and women's rights activist (1849-1934)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Clara_Shortridge_Foltz.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1849-07-16"
deathDate: "1934-09-02"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
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  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump