Katherine Burns Mabry

Katherine Burns Mabry (1886–1958) was one of New Mexico’s first female lawyers.[1][2][3]

Mabry was born on August 10, 1886 in Kansas to Enoch M. Burns and Sarah Emily Powell.[4] She was the second wife of State Senator Thomas J. Mabry, and received her law degree from Columbia University in New York.[5] In 1917, she became the first female admitted to practice law in New Mexico. She thereafter practiced law in the office of her husband, who was also an attorney.[6][7] She died on September 9, 1958 in New Mexico.[4]

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References
  1. Dworkin, Mark J. (2015-02-27). American Mythmaker: Walter Noble Burns and the Legends of Billy the Kid, Wyatt Earp, and Joaquín Murrieta. University of Oklahoma Press. ISBN 9780806149011.
  2. Law Notes. E. Thompson Company. 1917.
  3. Weatherford, Doris (2012-01-20). Women in American Politics: History and Milestones. SAGE. ISBN 9781608710072.
  4. "Katherine B. Burns Mabry". Find a Grave.
  5. United States Congressional serial set. 1963.
  6. American Legal News. American Legal News Corporation. 1917.
  7. "A Celebration of New Mexico's First Women Lawyers" (PDF). New Mexico Bar Association.
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