Barron, Jennie Loitman
1891 - 1969

Details
Alias: Jennie Loitman
Born: 10/13/1891 in Boston, Massachusetts
Died: 3/28/1969
Ethnicity: White/Caucasian
Professional Facts

Practice Area:
Civil Rights
Profession:
Women's Rights
Regions and States of Practice:
MA, Northeast
Legal Education:
Boston University School of Law, 1913
Other Education:
A.B., Boston University
Positions During Her Career:
Formed Barron & Barron with her husband, Samuel Barron, Jr. (1918-1969?)
President of the Massachusetts Association of Women Lawyers
President of the Women's Auxiliary of Beth Israel Hospital (1926-1929)
President of the New England Women's Division of the American Jewish Congress
Special justice of the Western Norfolk District Court (1934)
Associate of the Boston Municipal Court (1937-1959)
Associate of the Massachusetts Superior Court
Served on the board of Brandeis University National Women's Committee (1945-1955)
On the national boards of Hadassah and the National Conference of Christians and Jews
Firsts:
Woman associate of the Massachusetts Superior Court
President of the Women's Auxiliary of Beth Israel Hospital (1926-1929)
President of the New England Women's Division of the American Jewish Congress
Woman to be appointed Master in Superior Civil Court in Massachusetts


Further Research Materials

References:
Jennie Loitman Barron
Seymour "Sy" Brody, Jennie Loitman Barron, Jewish Virtual Library (1996), available at: http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/biography/barron.html
Jennie L. Barron Papers 1911-1969: A Finding Aid
Jennie L. Barron Papers 1911-1969: A Finding Aid, Barron, Jennie L. (Jennie Loitman), 1891-1969. Papers, 1911-1969: A Finding Aid, Radcliffe College, March 1992, available at: nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:RAD.SCHL:sch00176
Barbara Sicherman and Carol Hurd Green (Editors), Notable American Women: The Modern Period: A Biographical Dictionary. Cambridge: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press (1980)
Laura Miller Derry, Digest of Women Lawyers and Judges. Lousville, Kentucky: Dunne Press (1949)
Judge Emma Fall Scholfield, Pioneers of the Law, 13 (5) National Business Woman 141 (1934)

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