Gillett, Emma (1852–1927)

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Gillett, Emma (1852–1927)

American lawyer and feminist. Born Emma Millinda Gillette, July 30, 1852, in Princeton, Green Lake Co., Wisconsin; died Jan 23, 1927, in Washington, DC; dau. of Richard J. Gillett and Sara Ann (Barlow) Gillett.

Appointed one of 1st female notaries public in Washington DC by President James Garfield (June 1881); co-founded (1896) and served as dean (1913–23) of Washington College of Law; established Washington Wimodaughsis (1890), woman's club later absorbed into YWCA; co-founded and was president (1921) of Woman's Bar Association of the District of Columbia.

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