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Mercedes Deiz

1917–2005

United States

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Mercedes Deiz (December 13, 1917 – October 5, 2005) was an American lawyer. She became the first black woman admitted to the Oregon State Bar, and was also the first black woman to serve as a district court judge and the first to be elected as a county circuit court judge.

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