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Almeda Eliza Hitchcock
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'''Almeda Eliza Hitchcock Moore''' (December 5, 1863 – May 9, 1895) was the first female lawyer of [[Hawaii]] in 1888.<ref></ref>
== Life and career ==
She was born December 5, 1863 in [[Hilo]], [[Hawaii]], into a missionary family. Her paternal grandparents [[Harvey Rexford Hitchcock]] (1800–1855) and Rebecca Howard (1808–1890) were American missionaries who settled in the [[Kingdom of Hawaii]]. Her parents were David Howard Hitchcock (1831–1899), a lawyer and legislator in the [[legislature of the Kingdom of Hawaii]], and Almeda Eliza Widger (1828–1895). She attended the [[University of Michigan Law School]] and graduated in 1888 with a law degree and was admitted to the Michigan bar. On her return to Hawaii, she was admitted to the Hawaiian bar becoming the first female lawyer in Hawaii. She became a partner in her father's law firm in Hilo and continued her law practice.<ref></ref><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>
On May 24, 1892, she married American physician William Levi Moore who she had met while he was studying medicine at the University of Michigan. She died on May 9, 1895 and was buried at the family plot at Homelani Cemetery in Hilo.
==References==
[[Category:1863 births]]
[[Category:1895 deaths]]
[[Category:People from Hilo, Hawaii]]
[[Category:University of Michigan Law School alumni]]
== Life and career ==
She was born December 5, 1863 in [[Hilo]], [[Hawaii]], into a missionary family. Her paternal grandparents [[Harvey Rexford Hitchcock]] (1800–1855) and Rebecca Howard (1808–1890) were American missionaries who settled in the [[Kingdom of Hawaii]]. Her parents were David Howard Hitchcock (1831–1899), a lawyer and legislator in the [[legislature of the Kingdom of Hawaii]], and Almeda Eliza Widger (1828–1895). She attended the [[University of Michigan Law School]] and graduated in 1888 with a law degree and was admitted to the Michigan bar. On her return to Hawaii, she was admitted to the Hawaiian bar becoming the first female lawyer in Hawaii. She became a partner in her father's law firm in Hilo and continued her law practice.<ref></ref><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>
On May 24, 1892, she married American physician William Levi Moore who she had met while he was studying medicine at the University of Michigan. She died on May 9, 1895 and was buried at the family plot at Homelani Cemetery in Hilo.
==References==
[[Category:1863 births]]
[[Category:1895 deaths]]
[[Category:People from Hilo, Hawaii]]
[[Category:University of Michigan Law School alumni]]
August 28, 2018 at 05:38PM
