Ray, Charlotte E.
1850 - 1911
Details
Born: 1/13/1850
Died: 1/4/1911
Ethnicity: African American/Black
Professional Facts
Practice Area:
Commercial LawCorporations
Profession:
Commercial lawCorporations law
Regions and States of Practice:
DC, South
Legal Education:
Howard University School of Law, 1872
Positions During Her Career:
Private practitioner in Washinton, D.C. (1872-)
Firsts:
African-Ameriocan woman to be admitted to the bar in the United StatesAfrican-American woman to receive a law degree from Howard University
African-American woman to recieve a law degree
Woman attorney in Washington, D.C. (1872)
African-American lawyer to specialize in corporate law
Woman lawyer to specialize in corporate law
Further Research Materials
References:
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)
Catherine Aman, Enter the Ladies, Women in the Law, The American Lawyer, March 1999, pp.110-112
Smith, J. Clay (John Clay), Emancipation : The Making of the Black Lawyer, 1844-1944. Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press (1993)
15 Years of Advocacy for Women
Lisa Small, 15 Years of Advocacy for Women: Women and the Law Time Line, 1619-1998. Women's Law and Public Policy Fellowship Program on its 15th Anniversary, 1998.
Lisa Small, 15 Years of Advocacy for Women: Women and the Law Time Line, 1619-1998. Women's Law and Public Policy Fellowship Program on its 15th Anniversary, 1998.
A Timeline of Women's Legal History in the United States
Professor Cunnea and Lisa Small, A Timeline of Women's Legal History in the United States. March 8, 1998.
Professor Cunnea and Lisa Small, A Timeline of Women's Legal History in the United States. March 8, 1998.
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)
Barbara Allen Babcock, Making History: Lelia Robinson's Index to American Women Lawyers. Stanford Law School (July 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
Julia Steele, All the Allies of Each: Lelia Robinson's Portrait of Early Women Lawyers in America, 1998
First Women Lawyers in the United States
C. Sleeth, First Women Lawyers in the United States, Bar Association (July 18, 1997)
C. Sleeth, First Women Lawyers in the United States, Bar Association (July 18, 1997)
Dawn Bradley Berry, The 50 Most Influential Women in American Law. Los Angeles: Contemporary Books (1996).
Jessie Carney Smith (Editor), Notable Black American Women. Detroit : Gale Research (1992)
Miscellany
Mary Erickson, Miscellany, Stanford (1988)
Mary Erickson, Miscellany, Stanford (1988)
Women Lawyers in the United States
Lelia J. Robinson, Women Lawyers in the United States, 2 The Green Bag 10 (1890)
Lelia J. Robinson, Women Lawyers in the United States, 2 The Green Bag 10 (1890)
Women Lawyers (1876)
Women Lawyers, The Woman's Journal (April 22, 1876)
Women Lawyers, The Woman's Journal (April 22, 1876)
Women and Legal Education: The Case of Boalt Hall
Women and Legal Education: The Case of Boalt Hall, Sandra P. Epstein, The Pacific Historia, Vol. XXVIII No. 3
Women and Legal Education: The Case of Boalt Hall, Sandra P. Epstein, The Pacific Historia, Vol. XXVIII No. 3
Student Papers:
Charlotte E. Ray: A Black Woman Lawyer
Osborne, Tonya Michelle, 2001
Osborne, Tonya Michelle, 2001