The times., 1899-09-17
TWO FEMALE LEGAL LIGHTS.
Misses Greisheimer and Jackson to
Practice at the District Bar.

Misses Greisheimer and Jackson TO
Practice at the District Bar.
Two young women, Miss Caroline l.
Greisheimer and Miss Della Jackson, will
be admitted TO practice in the different
branches of the Supreme Court OF the Dis
trict and all inferior tribunals tomorrow
morning. These applicants for admission
to practice recently passed the examination
prescribed by the Supreme Court OF the
District, and they also have the distinction
of being the first women who have been
admitted TO practice law in the District as
result of having taken the examination
prescribed by the courts and bar Of the
District.
Miss Greisheimer and Miss Jackson are
both on the sunny side OF thirty, and are
! acknowledged TO be women of rare ability.
They were classmates at the Washington
College of Law, Miss Jackson taking a
four years course and Miss Greisheimer q
two years course. While bSth OF them
have for many years been residents or the
District, neither was born here, Miss Greis-
heimer being an Ohioan and Miss Jackson
Coloradoan.
Miss Greisheimer halls from Ch:llicothe,
Ross county, Ohio, where her parents still
reside. She came to Washington in 1891
anu dCCSpttQ Il pOSillOH III lAC OAAAOS VI NuC
Civil Service Commission. where she has
been ever since. She is one of the princi-
pal examiners in mathematics and Indian
affairs. When she came to the city, she
states it was her intention TO study med
icine at the Columbian University, but
finding the doors of that institution eioseI
against women, she determined to lake up
the study of law. Before coming to Wash
ington she had considerable experience in
the law, having for nine years been deputy
clerk of the Probate Court in her native
city, and having also served one year as
deputy clerk in the Court of Common
Pleas for Ross county
Miss Greisheimer graduated from the
high school of Chillieothe when she was
only fifteen years of age, and at the open
ing of the next session was made one OF
the teachers She stated last night that
she was undecided whether she would en-
ter upon the practice of law in Washington
or go to New York city, where she also has
number of friends. She stated that sew
eral prominent local attorneys have made
made her business propositions. For the
present, at least, however, she says she
will continue in her position with the Civil
Service Commission.
Miss Della Jackson is the daughter of
the Rev. Sheldon Jackson, and IS at pres
ent il the North spending her vacation.
the others who successfully passed the ex-
animation and who will be admitted to
practice tomorrow on motion of Mr. ID. w.
Baker are: Charles G. Allen, Jesse c. Ad-
kins. Harry A. Auer, Philip Cass. Walter
B. Clarkson James j. Cooney, Levi David
Charles Doran, Samuel Fouts, John ]. Hill
William Hall, Charles Johnson. Charles
Linkins, James K. Mock. John H. Magraw
James Mcdowell, James H. Miller, Joseph
Fl. Milans, Thomas Newson. Miles 0'Bri6n
William A. o'Neill, John l. Painter. George
H. Parmelee, S. c. Pool. Harold C. Resin
ger, Walter r. Staples, Charles S. Shreve
James NJ. Spear Ferdinand Schneider, An
tonic j. Smith, Joseph G. Tysso9ski.
Philip Tindall, Robert p. Troy. Lemuel r.
Via, Norman E. Webster. and Clarence R.
Wilson.