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Odessa Pittard Bailey
Odessa Pittard Bailey (1906–1994) was a civic leader and judge in Virginia. She was appointed to the Roanoke Juvenile and Domestic Relations Court in 1944, making her the first woman in Virginia to hold a judicial post higher than justice of the peace A justice of the peace (JP) is a judicial officer of a lower or ''puisne'' court, elected or appointed by means of a commission ( letters patent) to keep the peace. In past centuries the term commissioner of the peace was often used with the sa ... or county trial justice. Bailey co-founded the Virginia Council of Juvenile Court Judges and served as its president from 1947 to 1948. She served as president of the Virginia Federation of Women’s Clubs. References 1906 births 1994 deaths Women jurists 20th-century American women judges 20th-century American judges {{US-judge-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Odessa Pittard Bailey Addressing A Conference (cropped)
Odesa (also spelled Odessa) is the third most populous List of cities in Ukraine, city and List of hromadas of Ukraine, municipality in Ukraine and a major seaport and transport hub located in the south-west of the country, on the northwestern shore of the Black Sea. The city is also the administrative centre of the Odesa Raion and Odesa Oblast, as well as a multiethnic cultural centre. As of January 2021 Odesa's population was approximately In classical antiquity a large Greek settlement existed at its location. The first chronicle mention of the Slavic settlement-port of Khadjibey, Kotsiubijiv, which was part of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, dates back to 1415, when a ship was sent from here to Constantinople by sea. After a period of Grand Duchy of Lithuania, Lithuanian Grand Duchy control, the port and its surroundings became part of the domain of the Ottoman Dynasty, Ottomans in 1529, under the name Khadjibey, Hacibey, and remained there until the empire's defeat in the Russo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
