Some 50 years ago a young woman from Wisconsin came to Washington to study law. Law schools at that time refused to accept women students. Only the Law School at Howard University would admit her, and Howard University is a Negro institution. Undaunted, the woman from Wisconsin entered Howard, studied with Negroes, received her diploma. In 1881 she was admitted to the District of Columbia bar. Last week in Washington many an organization assembled to honor Emma M. Gillett's memory. Born in a log cabin in Wisconsin in 1852 she was, at...
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