Show 0 ho 0 jacq apy for or this dp department artt SP S P ad by t am Ani angerlon rican erlon ln N IN LIST OF FIRST WOMEN mary lO Toole washington auxiliary member first female judge in district of columbia the list of at firsts to miss mary OTon le washington Washing toil D 0 Is entitled indeed places iler her among the first women of america in order of re c e ncy miss s 0 toole la 19 by president ja H a r dings order judge of the th ca court rt in washing too and the first w woman om an judge likewise w 1 se to per perform forill a marriage ceremony ny lil in the district she blie was wag the first woman member of the washington chamber of com merces board ot of directors ana tile lie first woman member of the board of directors of a district of columbia bank she organized end and was the first president of tile the womans comans city club of washington she was one of the first woman attorneys in the country miss Is a native of ireland from which after a high school educe tion and at seventeen years of age she bhe emigrated to the united states As secretary to judge wheeler steuben county new york she became interested in law and competent as a court reporter later she went to new york city and entered IL wall street firm as a chief clerk continuing to study law she joined the government ment forestry service la in washington to complete her law studies on the side immediately after she joined the vincent B D costello post of the anderl can legion auxiliary in washington the president asted her to become first vice president she had to decline because of her court duties |