List of first women lawyers and judges in Mississippi

This is a list of the first women lawyer(s) and judge(s) in Mississippi. 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 obtain a law degree or become a political figure

Firsts in state history

  • Susie Blue Buchanan (1918):[1] First female lawyer in Mississippi
  • Zelda Wells Price (1929):[2][3][4] First female judge in Mississippi (1933)
  • Lenore Prather (1955):[5][4] First female appointed as a Justice of the Mississippi Supreme Court (1982) and its Chief Justice (1998)
  • Marian Wright Edelman (1963):[6] First African American female lawyer in Mississippi
  • Constance Slaughter-Harvey (1970):[7][8] First African American female judge in Mississippi (1976)
  • Sharion Aycock (1980):[9] First female appointed as a Judge of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi (2007)
  • Doris Bobadilla (1991):[10][11] First known Hispanic American female lawyer in Mississippi
  • Debra M. Brown (1997):[12] First African American female appointed as a Judge of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi (2013)

Firsts in local history

Alphabetized by county name

  • Marie Kepper (1954):[13] First female judge in Forrest County, Mississippi
  • Edna Loeb (1936):[14] First female lawyer in Lowndes County, Mississippi

See also

References

  1. ↑ Wilkerson, Lyn (2010-11-08). Slow Travels-Mississippi. Lyn Wilkerson. ISBN 9781452332291.
  2. ↑ Ownby, Ted; Wilson, Charles Reagan; Abadie, Ann J.; Lindsey, Odie; Thomas, James G. (2017-05-25). The Mississippi Encyclopedia. Univ. Press of Mississippi. ISBN 9781496811592.
  3. ↑ "The Delta Democrat-Times from Greenville, Mississippi on February 25, 1974 · Page 1". Newspapers.com. Retrieved 2018-02-01.
  4. 1 2 Krane, Dale; Shaffer, Stephen D. (1992). Mississippi Government and Politics: Modernizers Versus Traditionalists. U of Nebraska Press. ISBN 080327758X.
  5. ↑ "Collins Speaker Series: Lenore Prather » Mississippi State University Libraries". lib.msstate.edu. Retrieved 2018-02-02.
  6. ↑ "Edelman, Marian Wright (1939- ) | The Black Past: Remembered and Reclaimed". www.blackpast.org. Retrieved 2018-01-20.
  7. ↑ Sewell, George A.; Dwight, Margaret L. (2012-01-20). Mississippi Black History Makers. Univ. Press of Mississippi. ISBN 9781617034282.
  8. ↑ Congressional Record, V. 147, Pt. 6, May 9, 2001 to May 21 2001. Government Printing Office. October 2005.
  9. ↑ "Mississippi College | Beacon Magazine | A Benchmark Appointment". www.mc.edu. Retrieved 2018-02-01.
  10. ↑ "1991 Alumna Doris Bobadilla Profiled by The Atlantic | College of Law". law.loyno.edu. Retrieved 2018-02-17.
  11. ↑ Lam, Bourree. "A Lawyer Who Loves Her Job". The Atlantic. Retrieved 2018-02-17.
  12. ↑ "School Of Architecture News - Debra M. Brown as Mississippi's first African-American female U.S. District Judge". caad.msstate.edu. Retrieved 2018-01-09.
  13. ↑ Beveridge, Lici (June 18, 2017). "Marie Kepper Forged Path for Women in Pine Belt". U.S. News & World Report.
  14. ↑ "ISJL - Mississippi Columbus Encyclopedia". Goldring/Woldenberg Institute of Southern Jewish Life. Retrieved 2018-02-13.
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