Foster, Judith Ellen

Source: The Green Bag, Vol. 2 (1890)
Source: The Green Bag, Vol. 2 (1890)

Details
Ethnicity: African American/Black
Professional Facts

Practice Area:
Criminal Law
Profession:
Criminal Law
Regions and States of Practice:
IA, Midwest
Positions During Her Career:
Practiced with her husband in their firm, Foster & Foster
Firsts:
Woman to practice before the Supreme Court of Iowa (1872)


Further Research Materials

References:
The First Women Members of the Supreme Court Bar, 1879 - 1900
Mary L. Clark, The First Women Members of the Supreme Court Bar, 1879-1900, 36 San Diego Law Review 87 (1999)
Smith, J. Clay (John Clay), Emancipation : The Making of the Black Lawyer, 1844-1944. Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press (1993)
Making History: Lelia Robinson's Index to American Women Lawyers
Barbara Allen Babcock, Making History: Lelia Robinson's Index to American Women Lawyers. Stanford Law School (July 1998)
The Founding of the Washington College of Law: The First Law School Established by Women for Women
Mary L. Clark, The Founding of the Washington College of Law: The First Law School Established by Women for Women, 47 American University Law Review 613 (1998)
All the Allies of Each: Lelia Robinson's Portrait of Early Women Lawyers in America
Julia Steele, All the Allies of Each: Lelia Robinson's Portrait of Early Women Lawyers in America, 1998
Stella Reid Crothers, American Women Lawyers, The Home Magazine, September 1907, pp.15
Attorneys At Law
Attorneys At Law, Woman's Journal, February 17, 1900, at C-2
Women Lawyers in the United States
Lelia J. Robinson, Women Lawyers in the United States, 2 The Green Bag 10 (1890)
Admission of Women to the Bar
Catharine V. Waite, Admission of Women to the Bar, 1 Chicago Law Times (1887)

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