Jane Matilda Bolin, LL.B. (April 11, 1908 – January 8, 2007) was the first black woman to graduate from Yale Law School, the first to join the New York City Bar Association and the first to join the New York City Law Department. She became the first black woman to serve as a judge in the United States when she was sworn into the bench of the New York City Domestic Relations Court in 1939.
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11 April 1908 Poughkeepsie, New York, US
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Died |
8 January 2007 (aged 98) Queens, New York, US
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Zodiac | Aries |
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