Holton, Tabitha A.
1850 - 1886

Details
Alias: Tabitha A. Holton
Born: 1850 in Iredell County, North Carolina
Died: 6/14/1886
Professional Facts
Regions and States of Practice:
NC, South
Positions During Her Career:
Performed legal work in Surry County, North Carolina with her brother, Samuel (1878-1883)
Firsts:
Woman admitted to the North Carolina bar (1878)
Woman with a law license in all of the South (1878)
Further Research Materials

References:
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)
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
First Women Lawyers in the United States
C. Sleeth, First Women Lawyers in the United States, Bar Association (July 18, 1997)
Angels and Amazons: A Hundred Years Of American Women
Inez Haynes Irwin Gillmore, Angels And Amazons: A Hundred Years Of American Women. Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, Doran & Company (1933).
Can Women Practice Law?
Can Women Practice Law? 1 (5) The Law Student's Helper 102 (May 1893)
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)

Student Papers:
Tabitha Anne Holton: First in North Carolina, First in the South
Harris, Kelley