Cutler’s History New Network essay (10/1/2007) discusses the book A Soul on Trial and its relevance today. Cut & paste http://hnn.us/articles/41493.html to your browser if link does not work.
The title of this essay was added by the editor of HNN. As an historian, the author would say that Rosa Sutton was the first known mother to take on such a task as a civilian and a prosecutrix.
Do you know of any other mothers who came before a military court as a complainant or prosecutrix before (or after) 1909 to challenge a branch of the military on the death of her child ?