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Hattie Henenberg, Hortense Ward, and Ruth Brazzil in the the Texas Supreme Court, 1925

In 1925, the governor of Texas appointed the state's first all-female supreme court, which included Hattie Henenberg, to hear an appeal involving Woodmen of the World, a fraternal group whose members included virtually every male lawyer in the state. Hattie appears in the court (center)with fellow justices Hortense Ward (left) and Ruth Brazzil (right).
Courtesy of the Texas State Library and Archives Commission.

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Jewish Women's Archive. "Hattie Henenberg, Hortense Ward, and Ruth Brazzil in the the Texas Supreme Court, 1925." (Viewed on December 26, 2024) <https://jwa.org/media/henenberg-hattie-still-image>.