Cobb, Betty Reynolds
1884 - 1956

Details
Alias: Betty Reynolds
Born: 10/23/1884 in Cedartown, Georgia
Died: 5/27/1956
Ethnicity: White/Caucasian
Professional Facts

Practice Area:
Contracts
Real Property
Profession:
Contract law
Property law
Transactional work
Regions and States of Practice:
GA, South
Positions During Her Career:
President of the Carrollton League of Women Voters
Chairman of the Carroll County Democratic Women Teacher
Associate Editor of the Carroll Free Press
Private secretary to "one of the best lawyers in Georgia," Sidney Holderness
President of the Georgia Association of Women Lawyers
Worked ardently within the League of Women Voters and Georgia Active Voters, serving on the Board of each
Georgia Democratic Executive Committee
Secretary of the Carroll County Democratic Committee
President of the Business and Professional Women's Club of Carrollton
Served on the Board of Trustees of the Fourth District A&M School
Delegate to the Democratic National Convention (1964)
Firsts:
One of the first two women admitted to the Georgia Bar
Formed the first Business and Professional Women's Club of Carrollton and presided as its first president


Further Research Materials

References:
First Women Lawyers in the United States
C. Sleeth, First Women Lawyers in the United States, Bar Association (July 18, 1997)
The History of Cobb Hall and Mrs. Betty Renolds Cobb
Wes Walker, The History of Cobb Hall and Mrs. Betty Renolds Cobb, Atlanta Constitution, May 27, 1956
Mrs. Cobb, First Ga. Woman Admitted to Bar, Dies at 71
Mrs. Cobb, First Ga. Woman Admitted to Bar, Dies at 71, Atlanta Journal, May 27, 1956, at 10
Betty Reynolds Cobb, Little Boy Black. Macon, Georgia: J.W. Burke (1926)

Student Papers:
Potential Paper Topics:
Analyses of her cases while working as a lawyer, both in Sidney Holderness's office and in her own private practice.
Research into her work with the Business and Professional Women's Club in Carrollton.
An analysis of her work for women's suffrage.