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to the Supreme Court of Michigan in 1871, and was, so far as I can learn, the third woman to become a member of the bar in this country, the first being Mrs. Mansfield of Iowa, who will be referred to later on, and the second Miss Barkaloo of Missouri, already mentioned. Not long after her graduation Miss Kilgore married J. S. Wertman, Esq., of Indianapolis, where they practised law to gether for a few years, until domestic duties caused her to withdraw from the active pro fession of the law. For several years past, however, Mrs. Wertman has resumed busi ness in Ashland, Ohio, where the family now make their home, devoting herself especially to real-estate matters and the abstracting of titles. It is their intention soon to remove to Port Townsend, Washington, where Mr. and Mrs. Wertman will engage together in law and real-estate business, thus making the second couple of husband and wife, both lawyers, who will practise the profession in partnership on the shores of Puget Sound. The second woman to graduate in law at Ann Arbor was Harriet A. Patton, of that city, of the class of 1872. She was admitted to the bar, but has never practised. Miss Emma L. Hubbard and Miss Susannah Roper graduated in 1873; but the former has been lost sight of, and the latter has embarked in a business enterprise in Auburn, N. Y. In 1874 Jane M. Slocum, now of Canandaigua, N. Y., and Mary Stockbridge, now of Fort Wayne, Ind., took their degrees in law. Of these ladies, the former is one of the proprietors of the Granger Place School in Canandaigua, and the latter is engrossed in domestic duties. Mrs. Mary E. Foster, of Ann Arbor, gradu ated in 1876, was admitted to the bar and practised for several years. Miss Hattie Mason graduated in 1877, and married a class mate, named Willard, shortly after; their present address I have been unable to learn. In the same year Elizabeth Eaglesfield graduated from this school; but I learn from Miss Martin's article, before referred to, that she had previously been admitted to the bar

of Indiana, at her home, Terre Haute, in the summer of 1875, under a statute which pro vided for the admission of " every person of good moral character, being a voter." Mrs. Eaglesfield practised for a time in Terre Haute, after which she abandoned practice temporarily, resuming it, however, in Indian apolis; and she has now been established for some three years in Grand Rapids, Mich., where I understand she is doing well. In 1880 Miss Maud A. Kelsey graduated and was married the same day. I have not learned her husband's name, nor whether she has ever practised. In 1881 Miss Leona Taylor took her degree in law, was admitted to the bar of Michigan, and soon after mar ried a classmate, J. R. Lounsbury, Esq., with whom she removed to Omaha, Neb., where they have resided until the death of Mr. Lounsbury, which occurred last May. Mrs. Lounsbury writes me that it was always their intention that she should unite with him in his practice, but the fulfilment of this purpose was postponed until it was too late. In 1882 Miss Laura A. Woodin took her degree at Ann Arbor. Having studied pre viously with her father, she was admitted to the bar of Michigan a few months before her graduation. In December of the same year she married a lawyer, D. W. Le Valley, Esq., and they immediately entered together upon the practice of the profession in East Saginaw, Mich., where they are still lo cated. Mrs. Le Valley's share of the work has been principally in the office. Mrs. Martha Strickland graduated at the Ann Arbor school in 1883, was admitted to the bar and began practice in Detroit of that State, where she has continued to the pres ent time. Miss Mary C. Geigus graduated in 1885, was married soon after, and removed to Los Angeles, Cal. Her plans for prac tice have been postponed, owing to con tinued illness. Miss Mary Merrill took her degree in law in 1886, was admitted to the bar, and began practice shortly after in Wichita, Kan., where I understand she is doing a flourishing business, though for some