Kathryn Sellers

Kathryn Sellers (December 25, 1870, Broadway, Ohio)[1] was an American judge. In 1918, nominated by Woodrow Wilson,[2] she was the first federally appointed woman to the bench, sitting on the Juvenile Court of the District of Columbia. Sellers was a member of the Women’s Bar Association of the District of Columbia.[3] She had previously worked as a bibliographer and librarian, and had been employed by the weather bureau in Washington, D.C., as well as the U.S. Department of State (1900–11).[4]

References

  1. ↑ Proctor, John Clagett; Williams, Edwin Melvin; Black, Frank P. (1930). Washington, Past and Present: A History. Lewis Historical Publishing Company. p. 115.
  2. ↑ Weatherford, Doris (20 January 2012). Women in American Politics: History and Milestones. CQ Press. pp. K360–. ISBN 978-1-60871-007-2.
  3. ↑ "WBA History". Women’s Bar Association of the District of Columbia. Retrieved 11 September 2015.
  4. ↑ Ohio State Bar Association (1943). Ohio Bar: Publication of the Ohio State Bar Association. Ohio state bar association. p. 246.

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