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Dorothy L. Freeman
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'''Dorothy L. Freeman''' was [[Missouri]]'s first [[African Americans|African American]] female lawyer.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>
Freeman was born in [[St. Louis|St. Louis, Missouri]]. She attended [[Sumner High School (St. Louis)|Sumner High School]] and [[Harris–Stowe State University|Stowe Teachers College]] before earning a scholarship to [[Lincoln University School of Law]].<ref name=":0">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> She entered the institution in 1939 and worked as a student assistant for the library.<ref name=":0" /> In 1942, Freeman became the first African American female to graduate from [[Lincoln University School of Law]] and to be admitted to practice law in Missouri. Due to an instructor shortage, Freeman was approached to serve as an educator at the law school. However, the school closed briefly in 1943, and Freeman instead became the first African American female lawyer in [[St. Louis|St. Louis, Missouri]].<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref><ref></ref><ref> Online Research Library: Questia|website=www.questia.com|access-date=2019-08-30}}</ref><ref></ref>
== See also ==
* [[List of first women lawyers and judges in Missouri]]
== References ==
[[Category:Missouri lawyers]]
[[Category:American women lawyers]]
[[Category:Women lawyers]]
[[Category:Lincoln University (Missouri) alumni]]
[[Category:St. Louis]]
Freeman was born in [[St. Louis|St. Louis, Missouri]]. She attended [[Sumner High School (St. Louis)|Sumner High School]] and [[Harris–Stowe State University|Stowe Teachers College]] before earning a scholarship to [[Lincoln University School of Law]].<ref name=":0">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> She entered the institution in 1939 and worked as a student assistant for the library.<ref name=":0" /> In 1942, Freeman became the first African American female to graduate from [[Lincoln University School of Law]] and to be admitted to practice law in Missouri. Due to an instructor shortage, Freeman was approached to serve as an educator at the law school. However, the school closed briefly in 1943, and Freeman instead became the first African American female lawyer in [[St. Louis|St. Louis, Missouri]].<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref><ref></ref><ref> Online Research Library: Questia|website=www.questia.com|access-date=2019-08-30}}</ref><ref></ref>
== See also ==
* [[List of first women lawyers and judges in Missouri]]
== References ==
[[Category:Missouri lawyers]]
[[Category:American women lawyers]]
[[Category:Women lawyers]]
[[Category:Lincoln University (Missouri) alumni]]
[[Category:St. Louis]]
August 30, 2019 at 11:23PM
