Charlotte E. Ray (13 ga Janairu, 1850 - Janairu 4, 1911) lauyan Amurka ce. Ita ce bakar fata ta farko lauya a Amurka. Ray ta sauke karatu daga Makarantar Shari'a ta Jami'ar Howard a 1872. Ita ce mace ta farko da aka shigar da ita a gundumar Columbia Bar, kuma mace ta farko da ta shigar da kara a gaban Kotun Koli na Gundumar. An yi amfani da shigar da ita a matsayin misali ga mata a wasu jihohin da suka nemi izinin shiga Bar. Ray ta bude ofishin lauyanta, talla a wata jarida da Frederick Douglass ke gudanarwa. Duk da haka, ta yi aiki da doka na ƴan shekaru kawai saboda rashin son kai ga ƴan Afirka da mata ya sa kasuwancinta ya kasance mai dorewa. Daga baya Ray ta ƙaura zuwa New York, inda ta zama malama a Brooklyn. Ta shiga cikin gwagwarmayar zaɓen mata kuma ta shiga Ƙungiyar Mata masu launi ta ƙasa. An haifi Charlotte Ray a Birnin New York zuwa Charlotte Augusta Burroughs da Reverend Charles Bennett Ray. Reverend Ray ya kasance muhimmiyar mahimmanci a cikin motsi na abolitionist kuma ya gyara wata jarida mai suna The Colored American.