Howorth, Lucy Somerville
1895 - 1997
Details
Alias: Lucy Somerville
Born: 7/1/1895 in Greenville, Mississippi
Died: 8/23/1997
Ethnicity: White/Caucasian
Professional Facts
Regions and States of Practice:
MS, South
Legal Education:
University of Mississippi School of Law, 1922
Other Education:
Randolph-Macon Women's College (1916)Graduate study, Columbia University
Positions During Her Career:
Attorney with Shands, Elmore & Causey in ClevelandPrivate practitioner in Greenville and Jackson as part of Howorth & Howorth (1922-1927, 1954-1980)
Judge in the courts of Ohio
Hinds County Representative
Member of the Mississippi State Legislature (1932-1936)
Served on the Board of Veterans Appeals (1934-1943)
Associate general counsel, deputy general counsel, and general counsel of the War Claims Commission (1949-1954)
Further Research Materials
References:
Susan Ware (Editor) and Stacy Braukman, Notable American Women: A Biographical Dictionary Completing The Twentieth Century.
The Bellknap Press of Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts 2004.
A Century of Achievement: The Centennial of the National Association of Women Lawyers
Selma Moidel Smith: A Century of Achievement: The Centennial of the National Association of Women Lawyers, 85 Women Lawyers Journal 2 (Summer 1999) *Originally printed as two articles: "...The First 50 Years," 9 Experience 1 (Fall 1998), and "...The Second 50 Years," 9 Experience 2 (Winter 1999)
Selma Moidel Smith: A Century of Achievement: The Centennial of the National Association of Women Lawyers, 85 Women Lawyers Journal 2 (Summer 1999) *Originally printed as two articles: "...The First 50 Years," 9 Experience 1 (Fall 1998), and "...The Second 50 Years," 9 Experience 2 (Winter 1999)
Lucy S. Howorth, 102, Dies; Lawyer, Politician, Suffragist, The New York Times, September 2, 1997
Laura Miller Derry, Digest of Women Lawyers and Judges. Lousville, Kentucky: Dunne Press (1949)
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