Record #:

14866

Author(s):

Holton, Walter C., Jr.

Abstract:

In 1872, the United States Supreme Court ruled that women did not have a constitutional right to join a profession, especially law. That decision was better left to the states. Tabitha Holton of Guilford County was a well-educated young woman, fluent in three languages, and knowledgeable of the law. In 1878, she took the bar examination before the North Carolina Supreme Court and passed, making North Carolina the sixth state and first Southern state to admit women to practice law.

Source:

North Carolina State Bar Journal (NoCar KF 200 N67), Vol. 16 Issue 2, Summer 2011, p18-19, por

Subject(s):

Holton, Tabitha Ann, 1854-1886; Women lawyers--Guilford County