Mary Florence Lathrop

Mary Florence Lathrop was the first woman to open a law practice in Denver, Colorado after graduating from the University of Denver Law School in 1896.[1] She was born in 1865 to a Philadelphia Quaker family and knew early on that she would not be getting married. At the age of 19, she became a reporter at the Philadelphia Press and reported on labor conditions in Pennsylvania fabric mills and campaigned for the rights of children laborers.[1] She was also the first female member of the Colorado Bar Association and one of the first two female members of the American Bar Association.[2][3] She was the first woman to try a case in front of the Colorado Supreme Court.[1] Lathrop was also the first woman admitted to the U.S. Supreme Court.[4] She got an honorary doctorate of law from the University of Denver.[5]

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  2. ↑ "International Women's Day 2018: Women in Law". AmBarInsure Blog. Retrieved 2018-08-29.
  3. ↑ Varnell, Jeanne (1999). Women of Consequence: The Colorado Women's Hall of Fame. Big Earth Publishing. ISBN 9781555662141.
  4. ↑ "2015 Mary Lathrop Award Winner" (PDF). CWBA. Retrieved August 29, 2018.
  5. ↑ "Mary Florence Lathrop - Colorado Women's Hall of Fame". Colorado Women's Hall of Fame. Retrieved 2018-08-29.
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