About Sarah Aldridge Books
Sarah Aldridge, the nom de plume of Anne Nelson Yarborough De Armond (Anyda) Marchant, was born in Rio de Janeiro and moved with her family to Washington, DC at six. She earned an undergraduate degree, followed in 1933 by her law degree from George Washington University, which was known as the National University of Washington, DC. As a law student, she served as assistant to women's rights pioneer Alice Paul, who was then doing research for what would become the Equal Rights Amendment. She was admitted to the bar in Virginia and Washington, DC, and before the US Court of Claims and the US Supreme Court.