Daisy D. Perkins was Ohio’s first African American female lawyer.
Perkins’ father was John Perkins, a runaway slave who opened a barber shop after settling in North Baltimore, Ohio. She lost her mother at fourteen months of age. Perkins went on to attend Findlay College with the financial support of her sisters.
She relocated to Columbus, Ohio and became an autodidact in law. Her legal tutelage was provided by M.B. Earnhart, a Caucasian judge. In 1919, after having taken the bar examination seven times, she became the first African American female admitted to practice law in Ohio. Later, she became a lawyer for the Office of the Columbus Prosecutor.
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References
- Smith, John Clay (1999). Emancipation: The Making of the Black Lawyer, 1844-1944. University of Pennsylvania Press. ISBN 9780812216851.
- Benedict, Michael Les; Winkler, John F. (2004). The History of Ohio Law. Ohio University Press. ISBN 9780821415467.
- "Woman Attorney a Candidate in Columbus". Baltimore Afro American Newspaper. May 30, 1924. Retrieved 2019-08-29.
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- "TWO FROM JEFFERSON COUNTY SUCCESSFULLY PASS THE RECENT STATE BAR EXAMINATION". Steubenville Herald Newspaper. June 26, 1919. Retrieved 2019-08-29.
- Cayton, Andrew R. L.; Sisson, Richard; Zacher, Chris (2006-11-08). The American Midwest: An Interpretive Encyclopedia. Indiana University Press. ISBN 9780253003492.
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- The Ohio Channel (February 24, 2022). "The Story of Daisy Perkins". The Ohio Channel. Retrieved May 27, 2022.