Rush, Gertrude Elzora Durden

Details
Alias: Gertrude Elzora Durden
Ethnicity: African American/Black
Professional Facts
Legal Education:
LaSalle Extension University
Other Education:
Des Moines College
LaSalle Extension University of Chicago
Positions During Her Career:
President of the Iowa Colored Bar Association
Firsts:
African-American woman lawyer in Iowa
African-American woman to be admitted to the Iowa bar (1918)
Woman to head the Iowa Colored Bar Association
Accomplishments:
Cofounded the National Bar Association (1925)
Further Research Materials

References:
Smith, J. Clay (John Clay), Emancipation : The Making of the Black Lawyer, 1844-1944. Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press (1993)