Record #:

14366

Author(s):

Dean, Earl

Abstract:

This article discusses the first North Carolina woman, Miss T. A. Holton, to approach the Supreme Court Justices for a license to practice law. Undeterred by the era's gender bias, she was awarded a license in early 1878. She would go on to practice law in Kansas where several established woman were already practicing law successfully.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 16 Issue 35, Jan 1949, p11

Subject(s):

Lawyers--Biography