Lathrop, Mary Florence
1865 - 1951

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Details
Born: 12/10/1865 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Died: 10/18/1951
Ethnicity: White/Caucasian
Professional Facts

Practice Area:
Will & Estates
Profession:
Probate Law
Regions and States of Practice:
CO, West
Legal Education:
University of Denver Sturm College of Law, 1896
Other Education:
Swarthmore College
Positions During Her Career:
Reporter for the McClure Syndicate (1885-1891)
Private practicioner in Denver (1897-1951)
Firsts:
Woman to open a law office in Denver, Colorado (1897)
Colorado woman admitted to practice before the U.S. District Court (1898)
Woman to practice before the Court of Appeals (1898) (Along with Mary B. Grossman of Cleveland, Ohio)
Woman member of the American Bar Association (1918)
Woman to argue before Colorado Supreme Court (1902)


Further Research Materials

References:
A New Discovery: The First Women Members of the ABA
Selma Moidel Smith, A New Discovery: The First Women Members of the ABA [Mary Belle Grossman and Mary Florence Lathrop], 9 Experience 4 (Summer 1999), *Also 85 Women Lawyers Journal 3 (2000)
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).

Student Papers:
Mary F. Lathrop
Cook, Marcy Elizabeth, 2004