Mabel Dole Haden

Biography

Mabel Rebecca Dole Haden (1900s or 1910s – October 12, 2006) was an American lawyer. A native of the Piedmont region of Virginia, she became the first Black woman to obtain a Master of Laws degree from Georgetown University in 1956. She became one of the first Black woman lawyers in Washington, D.C., and she was co-founder and president of the Association of Black Women Attorneys.

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