Record #:

13200

Author(s):

De Roulhac Hamilton, J.G.

Abstract:

In 1878, North Carolina became the sixth state in the union and the first in the South to issue a license to a female attorney. Granted in January, Tabitha Ann Holton, a native of Guilford County, received her license from Judge Albion W. Tourgee.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 22 Issue 8, Sept 1954, p17

Subject(s):

Women lawyers