Zanzye H.A. Hill

Zanzye H.A. Hill (1906-1935) was Nebraska’s first African American female lawyer.[1]

Hill was born on January 12, 1906 to P.M.E. and Eliza Hill.[2][3] In 1929, Hill—who was also a poet—became the University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s first African American female law graduate.[4][5][6][7] Shortly after, Hill became the first African American female admitted to practice law in Nebraska. Hill worked as chief counsel for an Arkansas insurance company before passing away on April 4, 1935.[2][3]

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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. Keister, Douglas; Zimmer, Edward F. (2008). Lincoln in Black and White: 1910-1925. Arcadia Publishing. ISBN 9780738561622.
  3. "Zanzye H. Hill (1906-1935)". Find a Grave.
  4. Bracks, Lean'tin L.; Smith, Jessie Carney (2014-10-16). Black Women of the Harlem Renaissance Era. Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 9780810885431.
  5. Breaux, Richard M. (2004). "The New Negro Arts and Letters Movement Among Black University Students in the Midwest, 1914-1940". University of Nebraska-Omaha.
  6. "Great Plains Quarterly looks at New Negro movement in Midwest | News Releases | University of Nebraska-Lincoln". newsroom.unl.edu. Retrieved 2019-08-30.
  7. Wintz, Cary D.; Glasrud, Bruce A. (2012-05-22). The Harlem Renaissance in the American West: The New Negro's Western Experience. Routledge. ISBN 9781136649103.
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