Henrietta Hume Pettijohn Buck
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. On April 15, 1892, Buck became the first female admitted to practice law in New Mexico.[1]
Her first husband was Dr. J.B. Pettijohn and her second husband was ranch owner Arthur P. Buck.[5] Their daughter Carrick Hume Buck also became a prominent lawyer, and her distinguished career included becoming the first female to serve as the Assistant U.S. District Attorney and a judge (including a Supreme Court Justice) in Hawaii.[6]
Buck died on October 11, 1921 in Los Angeles, California. She was buried in her birthplace of Columbia.[4]
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.
- ^ Hume, J. R. History of the Hume Family. Рипол Классик. ISBN 9781147844627.
- ^ a b "Henrietta Hume Buck". Find a Grave.
- ^ Early American History, Hume and Allied Families. W.E. Brockman. 1926.
- ^ Matsuda, Mari J. (1992). Called from Within: Early Women Lawyers of Hawai?i. University of Hawaii Press. ISBN 9780824814489.