Rhoda Valentine Lewis

Rhoda Valentine Lewis
Justice of the Supreme Court of Hawaii
In office
October 5, 1959 – May 8, 1967
Judge of the Hawaii Family Court
Personal details
Born August 13, 1906
Chicago
Died September 12, 1991

Rhoda Valentine Lewis (August 31, 1906 – September 12, 1991) was the first female justice on the Supreme Court of Hawaii.[1][2]

Biography

Lewis was born in Chicago on August 31, 1906, to parents Charles Tobias and Josephine Lewis. She moved to Honolulu and attended the Punahou School; then moved to Manila, and attended the American-European School; and graduated from the Frances Willard Jr. High School in Berkeley, California. She graduated from Stanford University in 1927, and received her Juris Doctor from Stanford Law School in 1929, graduating first in her class, and becoming a member of the Order of the Coif. She worked for a former Stanford Professor, before working for a law firm in Buffalo, New York.[2][3]

References

  1. ↑ "Hawaii's first female judge of Family Court 'personified grace and wisdom'". Honolulu Star-Advertiser. 2017-08-30. Archived from the original on 2017-10-26. Retrieved 2017-10-25.
  2. 1 2 Matsuda, Mari J. (1992). Called from Within: Early Women Lawyers of Hawai'i. University of Hawaii Press. ISBN 9780824814489.
  3. ↑ Hines, Leelane. "The Venturesome Women of Stanford Law". Stanford Lawey.
Political offices
Preceded by
Newly constituted court.		 Justice of the Supreme Court of Hawaii
1959–1967		 Succeeded by



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