Katherine Burns Mabry (1886–1958) was one of New Mexico’s first female lawyers.[1][2][3]

Mabry was born on August 10, 1886, in Kansas to Enoch M. Burns and Sarah Emily Powell.[4] She was the second wife of State Senator Thomas J. Mabry, and received her law degree from Columbia University in New York.[5] In 1917, she became the first female admitted to practice law in New Mexico. She thereafter practiced law in the office of her husband, who was also an attorney.[6][7] She died on September 9, 1958, in New Mexico.[4]

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  1. ↑ Dworkin, Mark J. (2015-02-27). American Mythmaker: Walter Noble Burns and the Legends of Billy the Kid, Wyatt Earp, and Joaquín Murrieta. University of Oklahoma Press. ISBN 9780806149011.
  2. ↑ Law Notes. E. Thompson Company. 1917.
  3. ↑ Weatherford, Doris (2012-01-20). Women in American Politics: History and Milestones. SAGE. ISBN 9781608710072.
  4. 1 2 "Katherine B. Burns Mabry". Find a Grave.
  5. ↑ United States Congressional serial set. 1963.
  6. ↑ American Legal News. American Legal News Corporation. 1917.
  7. ↑ "A Celebration of New Mexico's First Women Lawyers" (PDF). New Mexico Bar Association.
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