Obituaries

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NEWSPAPER ARTICLES

"Ada Lewis Sawyer, 93, dies; First Woman Lawyer in Rhode Island" (in PDF format)*
Journal Bulletin, May 14, 1985

"Emma Melinda Gillett" (Obiturary of Emma Melinda Gillett)
Women Lawyers' Journal, April 1927, Vol. XV, No. 2

"Florence E. Allen Dies: Retired Federal Jurist"
Washington Post, Sept 14, 1966

"Miss Ellen Hoar Dies In Barre; Second Woman Lawyer In State"
Time Argus, Sept. 7, 1963

"Sybil Ward, First Woman In State Bar Unit, Dies" (in PDF format)*
Morning News (Wilmington, Delaware), April 1, 1977

"Mrs. Cobb, First Ga. Woman Admitted to Bar, Dies at 71"
Atlanta Journal, May 27, 1956, p. 10

"J.K. Stout, Pioneering Judge in Pennsylvania, is Dead at 79" (in PDF format)*
New York Times, August 24, 1998

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