Agnes Jane Westbrook Morrison (1854-1939) was

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’s first female lawyer. Morrison was born in 1854 in Wheeling,

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, to Henry Westbrook and Martha Barratt.Pennsylvania Historic and Museum Commission; Harrisburg, Pennsylvania; ''Pennsylvania (State). Death certificates, 1906–1967''; Certificate Number Range: ''083001-086000'' By 1895, Morrison would become West Virginia College of Law's first female graduate. Her husband Charles Sumner Morrison was a classmate and he graduated the same year. She became the first female admitted to practice law in West Virginia the following year and subsequently set up a law practice with her husband in Wheeling. Morrison's legacy included being a founder of the women's organization Collegiate Alumnae of Wheeling, which has stayed in existence long after her death. Morrison died on September 24, 1939, in

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