{"id":109117,"date":"2025-02-24T16:02:52","date_gmt":"2025-02-25T00:02:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2025\/02\/24\/leading-the-way-for-black-women-lawyers\/"},"modified":"2025-02-24T16:02:52","modified_gmt":"2025-02-25T00:02:52","slug":"leading-the-way-for-black-women-lawyers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2025\/02\/24\/leading-the-way-for-black-women-lawyers\/","title":{"rendered":"Leading The Way For Black Women Lawyers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><span>Ed. Note:<\/span> Welc<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"editor-post-featured-image__preview-image alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/abovethelaw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/02\/blackhistorymonth21-1-150x150.jpg?resize=208%2C208&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"208\" height=\"208\" title=\"\">ome to our daily feature <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/tag\/trivia-question-of-the-day\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Trivia Question of the Day!<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Who was the first African American female lawyer in the United States?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Hint: She applied to law school using her initials to hide the fact that she was a woman. She was also the first woman admitted to the District of Columbia Bar.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>See the answer on the next page.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2025\/02\/leading-the-way-for-black-women-lawyers\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Leading The Way For Black Women Lawyers<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Above the Law<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>Ed. 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