Benjamin lindsey bibliography

Judge Benjamin Barr Lindsey was known as the father of juvenile law. Ben Lindsey was born in Jackson, Tennessee, to Mr. Landy Lindsey on November 25, He moved to Denver, Colorado, at age 11, when his father received a job as a telegraph operator.

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Ben attended public school and later attended a preparatory program at Notre Dame University. When Ben was 18, his father took his own life, leaving Ben and his brother to care for his mother and other siblings. Ben and his brother worked several jobs to provide for their family. Ben worked as a paperboy, in a real estate office, and was a janitor.

All of these jobs stressed Ben out and pushed him away from his goal of becoming a lawyer. Things got better for Ben when he found a job as a law clerk, and he became determined to fulfill his dream of becoming a lawyer. Ben accomplished this dream when he was admitted to the bar in Ben then formed a partnership with Fred Parks, and they had their own law firm for several years.