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Zanzye H.A. Hill
Zanzye Herterzena A. Hill (January 12, 1906 – April 4, 1935) was Nebraska's first African Americans, African American female lawyer. Early life and education Hill was born in Yazoo City, Mississippi and raised in Lincoln, Nebraska, the daughter of Pinck M. E. Hill and Eliza Johnson Hill. Her older sister Brevy Hill Miller became a newspaper columnist; her younger sister XaCadene Hill Fox became a physician.Edler, Frank, and Mary K. Stillwell"Celebrating Women's History Month: Rubie Shakespeare and Brevy Hill Miller, two local women who made a difference"''Lincoln City Council Minutes, In Lieu of Directors' Organizational Meeting'' (March 29, 2021): 3-4. She graduated from Lincoln High School (Lincoln, Nebraska), Lincoln High School in 1924. She completed a bachelor's degree at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln (UNL) in 1927. In 1929, Hill—whose poetry appeared in campus publications—became UNL's first African American female law graduate. She was a member of the Alpha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nebraska
Nebraska () is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States. It is bordered by South Dakota to the north; Iowa to the east and Missouri to the southeast, both across the Missouri River; Kansas to the south; Colorado to the southwest; and Wyoming to the west. It is the only triply landlocked U.S. state. Indigenous peoples, including Omaha, Missouria, Ponca, Pawnee, Otoe, and various branches of the Lakota ( Sioux) tribes, lived in the region for thousands of years before European exploration. The state is crossed by many historic trails, including that of the Lewis and Clark Expedition. Nebraska's area is just over with a population of over 1.9 million. Its capital is Lincoln, and its largest city is Omaha, which is on the Missouri River. Nebraska was admitted into the United States in 1867, two years after the end of the American Civil War. The Nebraska Legislature is unlike any other American legislature in that it is unicameral, and its members are elected ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
