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Lucile Alexandra Watts (1920 – June 23, 2018) was an American judge. After 20 years as a private practice lawyer, Watts was elected a Wayne County Circuit Court judge in 1980. She was the first black woman to be elected as a circuit court judge in Michigan. In 2019, she was posthumously inducted into the Michigan Women's Hall of Fame. [1]
The following is a list of people from Detroit, Michigan. This list includes notable people who were born, have lived, or worked in and around Detroit as well as its metropolitan area . Activists
Dr Lucy Jones in 1994. Lucile M. Jones (born 1955) is an American seismologist and public voice for earthquake science and earthquake safety in California. [1] One of the foremost and trusted public authorities on earthquakes, [2] Jones is viewed by many in Southern California as "the Beyoncé of earthquakes" who is frequently called upon to provide information on recent earthquakes.
The world's oldest known person, Lucile Randon, known as Sister Andre, died at age 118, her spokesman said on January 17, 2023. She was known to enjoy chocolate and a daily glass of wine.
Lucile Berkeley Buchanan Jones (1884–1989) was the first black woman to graduate from the University of Colorado Boulder. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] She graduated with a degree in German in 1918. The Lucile Berkeley Buchanan Scholarship was created in her honor in April, 2010. [ 4 ]
Thurman died in Jackson, Michigan on March 29, 1918. [1] The Lucy Thurman Young Women's Christian Association Building in Detroit is named for her and opened in 1933. The building received a state historical designation in 1993. [2] [3] In 1992, she was inducted into the Michigan Women's Hall of Fame. [1]
Lucille Hunter (c. 1878 - 1972) was an American pioneer in Canada. Hunter was born in Michigan , United States [ 1 ] [ 2 ] and migrated to Canada to escape United States’ Jim Crow laws . At age 19 and nine months pregnant, she and her husband, Charles Hunter, traveled to Yukon through the Stikeline River Trail. [ 3 ]
Ruth Gibson Butler was born on July 11, 1891, in Republic, Michigan, and spent much of her life in Houghton, Michigan, where she graduated from the high school. She was a republican member of the Michigan Republican State Central Committee, from 1961 to 1962. She was a delegate to Michigan state constitutional convention those same years.