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Fishel, Elizabeth R. “The Prisoner of Sexism Jail and Roses: News: The Harvard Crimson.” News | The Harvard Crimson, The University Daily, www.thecrimson.com/article/1971/3/18/the-prisoner-of-sexism-jail-and/. Accessed 8 Apr. 2025. | Fishel, Elizabeth R. “The Prisoner of Sexism Jail and Roses: News: The Harvard Crimson.” News | The Harvard Crimson, The University Daily, www.thecrimson.com/article/1971/3/18/the-prisoner-of-sexism-jail-and/. Accessed 8 Apr. 2025. | ||
== Individual Wikipedia Project - Edith Elizabeth House == | |||
"Edith Elizabeth House was born in 1903 in Winder, GA. She went on to become one of the first female graduates of the University of Georgia School of Law in 1925. Technically she was the second female graduate, since alphabetically her name came after classmate Gussie Brooks." | |||
"While studying at the University of Georgia she was a member of Chi Omega sorority. Following graduation she began law practice with the firm of Baskin and Jordan in Clearwater, Florida. In 1929 House became chief clerk for U.S. District Attorney Wilburn P. Hughes in Jacksonville, Florida. She was notified she passed the Florida bar exam in 1930 and in 1931 was appointed Assistant U.S. Attorney, serving in Jacksonville." | |||
"She received citation for 25 years of outstanding service in 1955, and in 1960 was appointed chief administrative aide to U.S. Attorney Coleman Madsen in Miami. Later, in 1963, she was appointed U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, becoming the first woman to hold that post in the state. She retired eight months later. In 1983 she was honored with the Edith House named lecture series establishment at the University of Georgia School of Law, featuring Professor Nadine Taub, of Rutgers Law School as the inaugural speaker." | |||