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Annie Coker
1903–1986
United States
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Biography
Annie Coker (née Stephens) was California's first African-American female lawyer. Coker entering government service for the State of California in 1939, she was responsible for compiling all of the state codes, indexing all bills pending before the California legislature and rendering legal opinions.
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