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Charlotte E. Ray : trailblazing lawyer / Nancy Loewen, illustrated by Whimsical Designs by CJ.

Van Pelt Library KF373.R384 L69 2025
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Loewen, Nancy, 1964- author.
Contributor:
Whimsical Designs by CJ, illustrator.
Series:
Difference makers (Planting People Growing Justice Press)
Difference Makers
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Ray, Charlotte E.--Juvenile literature.
Ray, Charlotte E.
Howard University. Law Department--History--Juvenile literature.
Howard University.
Lawyers--United States--Biography--Juvenile literature.
Lawyers.
African American lawyers--Biography--Juvenile literature.
African American lawyers.
Women lawyers--United States--Biography--Juvenile literature.
Women lawyers.
African Americans--Biography.
Women--Biography.
Physical Description:
31 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm.
Other Title:
Trailblazing lawyer.
Place of Publication:
St. Paul, MN : Planting People Growing Justice, 2025.
Summary:
In 1872, Charlotte E. Ray broker barriers to become the first Black female lawyer in the United States.
Contents:
Breaking barriers
A change-making family
Eager to learn
First female lawyer
Widening the path.
Notes:
Includes bibliographic references.
Cited in:
School Library Journal, 11/2025
ISBN:
195922364X
9781959223641
9798896050001
OCLC:
1477937199

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