Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
This is a list of the first women lawyer(s) and judge(s) in Kentucky.It includes the year in which the women were admitted to practice law (in parentheses). Also included are women who achieved other distinctions such becoming the first in their state to graduate from law school or become a political figure.
Alberta Odell Jones (November 12, 1930 – August 5, 1965) was an African-American attorney and civil rights icon. She was one of the first African-American women to pass the Kentucky bar and the first woman appointed city attorney in Jefferson County. [1] She was murdered by an unknown person.
Margaret Brent: first woman to act as an attorney in the United States (1648) Arabella Mansfield: first woman admitted to practice law in the United States (1869) Charlotte E. Ray: First African American female lawyer in the United States and Washington, D.C. (1872) Lyda Conley: First Native American female lawyer in the United States (1902)
Sallie J. Seals White was Kentucky’s first African American female lawyer. [1] [2] [3] White was born around 1871 in Kentucky. [1] She earned her bachelor's degree from Fisk University and began serving as an instructor for Central Law School in 1892. She married Albert S. White, Esq. around the same year, who would later serve as the Dean of ...
She served as Assistant Commonwealth’s Attorney to Ray Larson beginning in 1996 and as Red Corn’s first assistant since 2016. Her new position will become effective on Oct. 1.
Sara Walter Combs (born August 24, 1948) [1] is a judge of the Kentucky Court of Appeals, representing the 7th Appellate District.She was the first woman and the first judge from the 7th district to serve as chief judge of the Court of Appeals, holding that position from 2004 to 2010.
[33] [34] She received the Bull's Eye Award from the Women in State Government Network in 1995, and in 1996, she was the first-ever recipient of the Kentucky Bar Association for Women's Women Lawyers of Achievement Award, which recognizes excellence in the practice of law and progress in opening the legal field to more women. [5]
Get AOL Mail for FREE! Manage your email like never before with travel, photo & document views. Personalize your inbox with themes & tabs. You've Got Mail!