The Washington times., 1912-11-24
'IWO WOMEN TO
|. PRACTICE BEFORE
| SUPREME COURT
Graduates Of Washington
College Admitted on Motion
of President Mussey.
,s,ss sophie q. Kent, Of Providence.

Misc SOPHIE B. Kent, Of Providence.
in. l.. and Miss Laura b. Cooper. Of
Baltimore, have been admitted to prac-
stice before the Supreme Court OF the
limited States. Both are graduates of
the Washington College Of Law. the
president Of which. Mrs. Ellen spencer
lAussey. moved their admission before
the court. Miss Kent IL member OF
the faculty Of this college.
Miss Kent b assistant principal Of the
Webster Public School here and will
shertly resign her position. to take up
~ practice. Of Law in Providence, her
neme city. Miss Cooper studied law
toe the cypress purpose Of LOOKING after
widowed mother. She does not intennd
to exted her practice beyond matters
connected With her mothers estate.
Incidentally to tho admission Of Mind
Cooper and myself to practice before
today. TT has been stated that women
ore now invading professions hitherto
re9ardcd ~ entirely masculine. This ID
not true. There are more than nifty
women VINO have been admitted to the
bar OF this body.
Women Before Supreme Court.
1T has also been stated that the din.
unctien Of making the first argument
BEFORE the United Aates Supreme
Court u yet to be attained b. q woman
0he records Of the court also show
this to be based on misinformst io,,
Several distinguished women lawyer,
nave argued cases there, both oralis
ana on printed brief. Mrs. Belya A
lockwood. who obtained the psssaE.
0r:s sne ie 49,. that permitted women {
several cases. One which she argued
ne hish praise Of the late Justice
EN- An Sn.s,.w. woman q. |. LAWYER wa. Mrs
was formerly assistant attorney gen.
sIei Tor Montana. She won q case /.
me supreme Court and received 4 fss
IN this instance Of $1,000. -''
=, me- beautiful Miss Kate Pier. eldest
VINO: with their mather. formed the
unique and successful law Arm Of pis;
Pier. appeared before the suprsm.
Lourt az one time. and on many occa.
uDon S %Emen c, atttc,rneys have appearet
Une OF these is Mrs. Ellen Spence,
1tussey. In the famous case OF Gave,
". the United States. she appeared 10,
Sne petitioner and the Court decided II
women a. Successful a. Men.
Z There is also one more thing to b,
eaid on this subject. 1t has been sale
that few women attain success in tn,
procession Of law. and practice befor,
The United States Supreme Court /,
faken as proof. Taking men who ND
Bear be)ore this body. it can as truth
fully be said that men are not yer,
euccessful. Otherwise It must be no
kno!sdged that women nre a. success
xul as men. A very small percentaRe o.
the thousands Of men members OF m,
par OF the Supreme Court Of the United
states ever represents clients in tina
court, ana any one who cares to In
vestigate will find that Of the MT,
women attorneys registered there, ther,
are In proportion as many who hav,
s9cceeded as there are proportionateij
o. the men.
. However, II should be said tha
nese statements do not seem to com,
nom men lawyers. and It 10 only jus
y say that the male members OF IN,
bench and the bar are almost uniforml,
most generous and helpful to their Sis
yrs OF the profession"
! Miss Kent 10 somewhat OF a suffrog
IT. and says that some day she hope
y cast her ballot In Rhode Island.