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Mary C. Johnson
Mary Campbell Johnson was one of the first three females to practice law in Georgia. Johnson was born around 1880 in New York. She was married to Minton Rollingsworth Johnson, who worked as a customs collector at the port of Brunswick. They both studied law together and Johnson's husband was admitted to practice law in 1915. Since women were not permitted to take the examinations, Johnson had to wait until a legislative act was passed in order to give women that right. Once the law changed, Johnson passed her examination, and was admitted to practice law in Georgia in 1916. Johnson was the third woman, as she was preceded by Minnie Anderson Hale and Betty Reynolds Cobb respectively that same year. See also * List of first women lawyers and judges in Georgia This is a list of the first women lawyer(s) and judge(s) in Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia. It includes the year in which the women were admitted to practice law (in parentheses). Also included are women who achieved oth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Georgia (U
Georgia most commonly refers to: * Georgia (country), a country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia * Georgia (U.S. state), a state in the Southeast United States Georgia may also refer to: Places Historical states and entities * Related to the country in the Caucasus ** Kingdom of Georgia, a medieval kingdom ** Georgia within the Russian Empire ** Democratic Republic of Georgia, established following the Russian Revolution ** Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic, a constituent of the Soviet Union * Related to the US state ** Province of Georgia, one of the thirteen American colonies established by Great Britain in what became the United States ** Georgia in the American Civil War, the State of Georgia within the Confederate States of America. Other places * 359 Georgia, an asteroid * New Georgia, Solomon Islands * South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands Canada * Georgia Street, in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada * Strait of Georgia, British Columbia, Canada United K ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New York (state)
New York, officially the State of New York, is a state in the Northeastern United States. It is often called New York State to distinguish it from its largest city, New York City. With a total area of , New York is the 27th-largest U.S. state by area. With 20.2 million people, it is the fourth-most-populous state in the United States as of 2021, with approximately 44% living in New York City, including 25% of the state's population within Brooklyn and Queens, and another 15% on the remainder of Long Island, the most populous island in the United States. The state is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Vermont to the east; it has a maritime border with Rhode Island, east of Long Island, as well as an international border with the Canadian provinces of Quebec to the north and Ontario to the northwest. New York City (NYC) is the most populous city in the United States, and around two-thirds of the state's popul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Minnie Anderson Hale
Minnie Anderson Hale (later Minnie Hale Daniel) was one of the first three female lawyers in Georgia. On June 9, 1911, she became the first female to graduate from the Atlanta Law School—as well as the first female to graduate from a law school in the state. Nevertheless, she was denied the right to practice law. In 1916 "An Act to Permit Females to Practice Law", otherwise known as the "Portia Bill", was signed by Governor Nathaniel Edwin Harris, and Hale was finally admitted to practice law in the state of Georgia. She became the first of the three female lawyers in Georgia, as Betty Reynolds Cobb and Mary C. Johnson were admitted the same year. In 1922, Hale was elected as the Vice-President of the Georgia of the Women Lawyers' Association. See also *List of first women lawyers and judges in Georgia This is a list of the first women lawyer(s) and judge(s) in Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia. It includes the year in which the women were admitted to practice law (in parentheses) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Betty Reynolds Cobb
Betty Reynolds Cobb (October 23, 1884 – May 27, 1956) was an attorney, author, and activist. She was one of the first women accepted to the Bar association, bar, and one of the first female lawyers in Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia. In 1916, Minnie Anderson Hale, Cobb, and Mary C. Johnson were respectively admitted in the state of Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia to practice law. Cobb was also an early member of the League of Women Voters. In 1916, her book "Little Boy Black" was published. Early life/family Cobb was born on October 23, 1884, in a mostly white neighborhood in Cedartown, Georgia. She was raised by her parents in Carrollton, Georgia, and grew up with her brothers and cousins. Betty was married and widowed at a very early age to local merchant, Hiram Felix Cobb. Felix died shortly after the birth of their daughter, Elizabeth Reynolds Cobb. Companionless, Betty was obligated to care for her young daughter without a father figure. Following Elizabeth's high school Grad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of First Women Lawyers And Judges In Georgia
This is a list of the first women lawyer(s) and judge(s) in Georgia. 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. Firsts in Georgia's history Law School * First female law graduate: Minnie Anderson Hale in 1911 Lawyers *First females: Minnie Anderson Hale, Betty Reynolds Cobb and Mary C. Johnson (1916) * First female to practice before the Georgia Court of Appeals and the Supreme Court of Georgia: Viola Ross Napier (1920) in 1922 *First African American female: Rachel E. Pruden-Herndon (1942) *First Asian American (female; Filipino descent): Ruby Carpio Bell (1964) State judges *First female: Annie Ogburn Anderson in 1922 *First African American females: Romae Turner Powell and Edith Jacqueline Ingram Grant in 1968-1969 *First female (court of record): Dorothy Ro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
