Minnie Anderson Hale (later Minnie Hale Daniel) was one of the first three female lawyers in

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. On June 9, 1911, she became the first female to graduate from the

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—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

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, 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

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and

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were admitted the same year. In 1922, Hale was elected as the Vice-President of the Georgia of the Women Lawyers' Association.

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