Women's History Month Featured Leader: Edith Spurlock Sampson

In March, we’re featuring an influential woman every day in honor of Women’s History Month.
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Today we’re celebrating:

Edith Spurlock Sampson
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Lawyer and judge (1907 – 1979)

• First black female judge in the United States
• First black United States delegate to the United Nations
• Said that she spoke “from the heart and let the law take care of itself”
• Became an advocate for more people of color to enter into the practice of law, and was an inspirational leader to Barbara Jordan