Charlotte E. Ray
Lawyer, Deceased Person
1850 – 1911
Who was Charlotte E. Ray?
Charlotte E. Ray was the first African-American female lawyer in the United States. Ray graduated from Howard University School of Law in 1872. She was also the first female admitted to the District of Columbia Bar, and the first woman admitted to practice before the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia. Her admission was used as a precedent by women in other states who sought admission to the bar.
Ray opened her own law office and ran advertisements in a newspaper run by Frederick Douglass. However, she only practiced for a few years because prejudice against African Americans and women made her business unsustainable. Ray eventually moved to New York, where she became a teacher in Brooklyn. She was involved in the women's suffrage movement and joined the National Association of Colored Women.
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- Born
- Jan 13, 1850
New York City - Also known as
- Charlotte Ray
- Parents
- Ethnicity
- African American
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Howard University
- Howard University School of Law
- Lived in
- New York City
- Died
- Jan 4, 1911
Woodside
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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