Henrietta Hume Pettijohn Buck
Henrietta Hume Pettijohn Buck | |
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Born | 1853 |
Died | 1921 (aged 67–68) |
Education | University of Missouri |
Occupation | Lawyer |
Henrietta Hume Pettijohn Buck was New Mexico’s first female lawyer.[1][2]
She was born in September 1853 in Columbia, Missouri as the eldest child to James Robert Hume and Sally Boothe.[3][4] Buck attended the University of Missouri and initially began a career as a novelist when she wrote Etalee, From the Waves, After Many Years, and Dorothy.[5]
On April 15, 1892, Buck became the first woman admitted to practice law in New Mexico.[1]
She married Dr J.B. Pettijohn from Las Vegas, New Mexico and divorced him in 1893. They had one daughter, Cora Hume Pettijohn. She then married ranch owner Arthur P. Buck.[6][7] Their daughter Carrick Hume Buck also became a prominent lawyer, and her distinguished career included becoming the first woman to serve as the Assistant U.S. District Attorney and a judge (including a Supreme Court Justice) in Hawaii.[8]
Buck died on October 11, 1921 in Los Angeles, California. She was buried in her birthplace of Columbia.[4]
The New Mexico Women's Bar Association established the Henrietta Pettijohn Award in her name.[9]
See also[]
- List of first women lawyers and judges in New Mexico
- List of first women lawyers and judges in Hawaii
References[]
- ^ a b Weatherford, Doris (2012-01-20). Women in American Politics: History and Milestones. SAGE. ISBN 9781608710072.
- ^ "A Celebration of New Mexico's First Women Lawyers" (PDF). New Mexico Bar Association. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016. Retrieved March 12, 2021.
- ^ Hume, J. R. History of the Hume Family. Рипол Классик. ISBN 9781147844627.
- ^ a b "Henrietta Hume Buck". Find a Grave.
- ^ "Henrietta Pettijohn" (PDF). The Law Student's Helper. August 1893.
- ^ Early American History, Hume and Allied Families. W.E. Brockman. 1926.
- ^ "New Mexico's First women lawyers - 08 Apr 1992". Albuquerque Journal. 1992-04-08. p. 9. Retrieved 2021-03-31.
- ^ Matsuda, Mari J. (1992). Called from Within: Early Women Lawyers of Hawai?i. University of Hawaii Press. ISBN 9780824814489.
- ^ "2016 Henrietta Pettijohn Award". nmwba. Retrieved 2021-03-31.
- New Mexico lawyers
- 19th-century American women lawyers
- 1853 births
- 1921 deaths
- 19th-century American lawyers