Born: 1894, United States (assumed)
Died: 1939
Country most active: United States
Also known as: NA
The following is republished with permission from the Boston Women’s Heritage Trail.
In 1923, Blanche Woodson Braxton (1894-1939), a graduate of Portia Law in 1921, became the first African American woman to be admitted to the Massachusetts Bar. She later became the first African American woman admitted to practice in the U.S. District Court in the state. Portia Law changed its name to New England School of Law in 1969. The first woman president of the Board of Trustees of New England School of Law was Anna E. Hirsch (1902-97), a 1928 graduate of Portia Law. Hirsch was elected register of probate for Norfolk County in 1954 and 1960.