Sallie J. Seals White

Sallie J. Seals White (née Sallie J. Seals; born 1868, or 1871–?)[1] was an American lawyer, she was Kentucky’s first African American female lawyer.[2][3]

White was born around 1871 in Kentucky.[1] She earned her bachelor's degree from Fisk University and began serving as an instructor for Central Law School in 1892. She married lawyer Albert S. White around the same year, who would later serve as the dean of Central Law School of Louisville (part of Simmons College of Kentucky) from 1895 to 1911.[4][5][6]

In 1904, she formally graduated from Central Law School and became the first African American female admitted to practice law in Kentucky.[7][8][9][10] In addition to serving as a dean, her husband became the Head of the National Negro Bar Association in 1909.[11]

Her husband was shot to death in 1911.[1] While census records from the time do indicate that White and her husband had children, it is uncertain what ultimately became of the family.[1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "White, Albert S., Sr. and Sally J. Seals". Notable Kentucky African Americans Database (NKAA). Retrieved August 29, 2019.
  2. ↑ Smith, Gerald L.; McDaniel, Karen Cotton; Hardin, John A. (September 9, 2015). The Kentucky African American Encyclopedia. University Press of Kentucky. ISBN 9780813160672.
  3. ↑ Bench & Bar. The Association. 1999. p. 28.
  4. ↑ Carle, Susan D. (August 22, 2005). Lawyers' Ethics and the Pursuit of Social Justice: A Critical Reader. NYU Press. ISBN 9780814772744.
  5. ↑ Coquillette, Daniel R. (October 12, 2015). On the Battlefield of Merit: Harvard Law School, the First Century. Harvard University Press. ISBN 9780674495685.
  6. ↑ "History -- Louisville Municipal College -- University of Louisville". louisville.edu. Retrieved August 29, 2019.
  7. ↑ Williams, Lawrence H. (1987). Black higher education in Kentucky, 1879-1930: the history of Simmons University. E. Mellen Press. ISBN 9780889466685.
  8. ↑ Colored American Magazine. Negro Universities Press. 1969.
  9. ↑ "Colored Woman Admitted to Bar". Indianapolis Recorder. May 7, 1904. Retrieved August 29, 2019.
  10. ↑ "Kentucky Negro Woman Lawyer". Plymouth Tribune. September 15, 1904. Retrieved August 29, 2019.
  11. ↑ "National Negro Bar Association". Indianapolis Recorder. October 23, 1909. Retrieved August 29, 2019.
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