Daisy D. Perkins

Daisy D. Perkins was Ohio’s first African American female lawyer.[1][2]

Perkins’ father was John Perkins, a runaway slave who opened a barber shop after settling in North Baltimore, Ohio. She lost her mother at fourteen months of age.[3] Perkins went on to attend Findlay College with the financial support of her sisters.[4]

She relocated to Columbus, Ohio and became an autodidact in law. Her legal tutelage was provided by M.B. Earnhart, a Caucasian judge. In 1919, after having taken the bar examination seven times, she became the first African American female admitted to practice law in Ohio.[5] Later, she became a lawyer for the Office of the Columbus Prosecutor.[6]

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References
  1. Smith, John Clay (1999). Emancipation: The Making of the Black Lawyer, 1844-1944. University of Pennsylvania Press. ISBN 9780812216851.
  2. Benedict, Michael Les; Winkler, John F. (2004). The History of Ohio Law. Ohio University Press. ISBN 9780821415467.
  3. "Woman Attorney a Candidate in Columbus". Baltimore Afro American Newspaper. May 30, 1924. Retrieved 2019-08-29.
  4. "Memorial Fund Established to Repair Historical Graves – TheNBXpress.com". Retrieved 2019-08-29.
  5. "TWO FROM JEFFERSON COUNTY SUCCESSFULLY PASS THE RECENT STATE BAR EXAMINATION". Steubenville Herald Newspaper. June 26, 1919. Retrieved 2019-08-29.
  6. Cayton, Andrew R. L.; Sisson, Richard; Zacher, Chris (2006-11-08). The American Midwest: An Interpretive Encyclopedia. Indiana University Press. ISBN 9780253003492.


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