The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1897-05-03
WOMEN LAWYERS.

Miss Eliza beth IIeartle DeBele. the only
Georgia woman who has ever entered a
Law school from this state. Is winning
golden opinions from her cc-worlIers ard
instructors IN the state university OF Iowa
CITY. where she is being prepared for ad-
mission 70 the bar.
u 3 very probable that upon her grad
uaticn Mss DeB-l'c viii ask the legislature
a. Yass law permitting Is woman 10 prIc-
fiC, ICE this state. n she succeeds. and II
T. an assured fact that ste viii. she viii
b. THE first woman In THE south 20 plead IN
the courts.
2liss ueDclie Is lot only talented and
riffcl with ga superior mentality. hat IS
on 80 the exquisitciy dainty women
whose outline ~ face ana figure shows not
fault. aud whose gcntioness and heau'y
of character stamp her the womaniy wo-
man always.
sh. was born IN Mobile. Ala. ner ,1ther
ttefrs-- Robert ~. nencile and htr mother
Amelia BiisS. Of Shat romantic 7ld city.
but her earliest girihoao anna her Young
trur1a nho.d has been passed iu Atlanta.
where her literary talents and scholarly
.tfa.mmeuts are well known and app-,-
oiated.
ar her literary a-taiImcnts 1Trs. Ieonora
Seek F.,l.s. who rrsl..ate1 iii-- prlicll"
fron th.- Capitol Female college. saHs.
''.sae sock beer college degree rith e-pe-
clal distinction lu faUu ana tir".k aud
bellies .--tr.s Hey critical ahiiv j. of
EDO alas.aur h. u.irl ASA shows
rnely poised Intelligence. rare discerameat
and Judgment ASIA ia.isiVe discrimination"
when Afi=s - Belle decided 90 enter the
university at Iowa cay "a was not & sur
pris. IT, her iutimate friends VINO knew
q she lofty aspirations aire1 ~ created
"a her brain and h"aft. For como months
SHE had been studying preparatory % en-
t-r'nE che profession. and Il was already
decided hy her that she should go 40 Iowa
40 the hitting slime.
That she viii make her lifc work beau
tlful n.lniment 90 success cannot bo doubt
"a rs those who know Ger indomitaile
VIII power and unfalter.ng loyalty 10 any
thi.E she undertake.
of her chosen profession Miss peHeiie
says
The law has always been one of those
professions Tor which women were i.resurl-
80 go he peculiarly Unadap;'i And yet
those few brave spirits who have entered
-hc profession iu the past few years
have most creditabiy refuted the presuin9-
tion Sew York Is proud of Nor women
lawyers. and the fame ~ she lrer sisters
and mother has spread wide.
Tho law g. of the gr,a' trinity OF learn
81 professions. which demand ability and
th- most earnest and unremitting labur-
lato which one should enter head barred
ard with bated breath. II demands pc
cuiiur ability keen power o. dscrimila-
tioa. clear reasoning. and 20 vhomsse:-r.
man or woman these are given. for HIM IS
q place Foe the ranks. Why should there
le ary babbie Of the fitness II woman
for the law. Of the law for women Il Is
always the ablest who survive.
''If woman can enter the battle without
feer o. favor - l-nience because OF her
sex. of prejudice ara:nst her as woman
lawyer. 81 she can be- sure that she must
rlsa or fan on her own dcse-s1ngs srcie
s. uu question ~ the result. For one. her
place g. in the shade for another, with
THAT ore talent which his death TO hide
her place IS in the glare-and when the
truth ~ & beats ia or any one and she
ta'-es up her cod-given task. man ~ his
peril binders her. for he Sins who d'scuur-
ages a fellow being from his allotted task
and living 20 the highest that Is m hifn"
Another woman lawyer In thfs ety.
though not @ southern woman f. Miss
CcI1ora Lieuellen Miss Lieueilen Is one OF
ohio's bravest and strongest women. She
is "a famous educator. having held for Eve
wears she chair 81 science In the e,.ral
Normal college. panvillc Ird She f. also
a successful historian and writer She s.
the first woman ever admitted TO the Law
college IN Iowa city. and II was mainly
through her influence and exertion thar
the school was made eligible TO women
Speaking OF Miss Lieuellen. Miss DeBe'le
SAYS wish naive generosity;
The life OF CeDora Lieuellen IL a les