On the Oregon frontier, Swiss immigrant Mary Leonard is accused of murdering her husband and dares to learn the law to prove her innocence. In this untold tragedy of the American West, poverty, prejudice, and the very women’s movement meant to save her drive Mary to the edge of madness as she takes on the brutal world of Portland to make history as Oregon’s first female lawyer. 

This is the second play in the Pacific Northwest Women trilogy.  In development, script available.