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Violette Neatley Anderson
American lawyer (1882–1937)
Violette Neatley Anderson (July 16, 1882 – December 24, 1937)[1][2] became the first African-American woman to practice law before the United States Supreme Court on January 29, 1926.
She was one of the most prominent advocates of a landmark piece of legislation that helped secure rights and economic mobility for sharecroppers in the South, the Bankhead-Jones Act.
Early life and education
Violette Neatley Anderson was born in London in 1882 to a German mother and a West Indian father.
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She moved to Chicago with her family as a small child.[1]
Anderson graduated from North Division High School in 1899 and attended Chicago Athenaeum. Her interest in law began when she worked as a court reporter from 1905 to 1920.
She attended Chicago Seminar of Sciences between 1912 and 1915 and went on to receive her LL.B. from Chicago Law School in 1920.
Married life
In 1903, Anderson married her firs