Mildred Robinson Hermann (February 28, 1891 – March 16, 1964) was an American

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. She was the first woman lawyer in

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. Hermann has been called the "Queen Mother of the Alaskan Statehood," due to her leadership in Alaska becoming a state. She was a signer of the Alaska State Constitution. In 2009, she was named to the

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Early life and education

Mildred Robinson was born in 1891 in

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. She moved to Alaska in 1919.

Work

Hermann would testify on

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on behalf of Alaska Statehood in 1950.

Later life and legacy

She died in Juneau in 1964. In 2009, she was named to the

References

1891 births 1964 deaths Alaska lawyers Alaska Republicans Burials at Evergreen Cemetery (Juneau, Alaska) Delegates to Alaska's Constitutional Convention People from Shelby County, Indiana People from Valdez, Alaska Women in Alaska politics 20th-century American women lawyers 20th-century American lawyers {{Alaska-politician-stub