Maddox, Henrietta Haynie
1860 - 1933
Details
Alias: Etta Haynie Maddox
Born: 1/6/1860 in Baltimore, Maryland
Died: 2/19/1933
Ethnicity: White/Caucasian
Professional Facts
Practice Area:
Civil RightsIndividual Rights
Profession:
Women's rights
Regions and States of Practice:
MD, South
Legal Education:
University of Maryland School of Law, 1901
Positions During Her Career:
Private practitioner in Maryland (1903
Firsts:
Woman to graduate from Maryland University Law School "the old Baltimore Law School" (1901)Woman Admitted to Practice Law in Maryland (September 11, 1902)
Woman admitted to the district courts of the United States (1911)
Authored first women's suffrage bill in Maryland (1910)
Accomplishments:
Awarded Women's Suffrage Association Medal (1901)
Further Research Materials
References:
The First Woman Admitted to Practice Law in Maryland
Margaret Lynch, The First Woman Admitted to Practice Law in Maryland, available at: http://www.marylandfjproject.com/Etta%20Maddox.pdf
Margaret Lynch, The First Woman Admitted to Practice Law in Maryland, available at: http://www.marylandfjproject.com/Etta%20Maddox.pdf
Henrietta "Etta" Haynie Maddox
Henrietta "Etta" Haynie Maddox, Maryland Women's Hall of Fame, available at: http://www.msa.md.gov/msa/educ/exhibits/womenshall/html/maddox.html
Henrietta "Etta" Haynie Maddox, Maryland Women's Hall of Fame, available at: http://www.msa.md.gov/msa/educ/exhibits/womenshall/html/maddox.html
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)
Women Bar Members Will Honor Pioneer
Margaret Demsey, Women Bar Members Will Honor Pioneer," Evening Sun, February 15, 1950
Margaret Demsey, Women Bar Members Will Honor Pioneer," Evening Sun, February 15, 1950
Bar Library Given Picture: Biography of State's 1st Woman Lawyer Also Presented,
The Baltimore Sun, February 21, 1950
Women As Lawyers.; Maryland Had the First One, but Does Not Admit Them Now, and Is Asked to Reconsider.
Women As Lawyers.; Maryland Had the First One, but Does Not Admit Them Now, and Is Asked to Reconsider, The Baltimore Sun, February 23, 1902, at 13, available at: http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9A0CEFD81530E733A25750C2A9649C946397D6CF
Women As Lawyers.; Maryland Had the First One, but Does Not Admit Them Now, and Is Asked to Reconsider, The Baltimore Sun, February 23, 1902, at 13, available at: http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9A0CEFD81530E733A25750C2A9649C946397D6CF
Miss Maddox is a Lawyer, The Baltimore Sun, June 7, 1901
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Student Papers:
Etta Haynie Maddox
Grams, Heather, 2003
Grams, Heather, 2003