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Othilia Carroll Beals

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322: 297: 272: 247: 28: 58:, the daughter of Patrick P. Carroll and Sarah Jane Talbott Carroll. Her father was born in Ireland. The family moved to Washington when Othilia was a small child. In 1901, she was in the first graduating class at the University of Washington Law School, and the first woman to graduate from that school (a female classmate, Bella Weretnikow, also graduated that day). She also studied violin at the University of Washington. 20: 90:. In 1928, she chaired the Ladies' Committee of the American Bar Association's annual meeting in Seattle. She was president of the University of Washington Alumnae Association, and a founder of both the Seattle Fruit and Flower Mission, and the Seattle Milk Fund. 75:, she was appointed as a Justice of the Peace in Seattle, filling the seat left when her brother joined the army. She was regularly elected to the bench soon after, in 1918. One of her accomplishments in the law was to establish a 70:
in 1901. After law school, Carroll went to New Orleans and was active in the movement for women's suffrage. She joined her father and brother in a law practice in Seattle until she married in 1904. In 1917, during
423: 433: 443: 448: 418: 428: 39: 102:, a law school classmate, in 1904. She was widowed in 1960, and died in 1970, aged 94 years. The house they lived in, Westhillsyde in 413: 38:(October 25, 1875 — May 23, 1970) was an American lawyer and judge. She was one of the first two women to graduate from the 438: 173: 390:, at a University of Washington Alumni Association event, in the collection of the University of Washington Libraries. 218: 202: 187: 387: 234: 309: 284: 87: 362: 147:, Photographs of Walter B. Beals, circa 1889-1950s, University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections. 321: 296: 271: 246: 157: 55: 130: 259: 408: 403: 103: 43: 76: 19: 83: 144: 99: 27: 316: 291: 266: 241: 107: 397: 382: 79:
in the state of Washington. She announced her retirement from the bench in 1920.
72: 378: 86:'s "goodwill tour" of Europe, because she was a national vice-president of the 110:
and Edwin Ivey, and it is part of the Olympia Women's History Walking Tour.
334: 26: 18: 285:"Legion Auxiliary Officers Who Will Attend Paris Convention" 158:"Bella Weretnikow: Seattle's First Jewish Female Attorney" 388:A photograph of Othilia Carroll Beals in her 70s 31:Othilia Carroll Beals, from a 1920 publication. 82:In 1927, she went to Paris as part of General 424:University of Washington School of Law alumni 335:"Seattle Semi-Centennial Committee Appointed" 8: 135:(American Commonwealth Publishing 1914): 86. 161:Columbia: The Magazine of Northwest History 310:"National Head of Auxiliary Visiting Here" 66:Othilia Carroll was editor of the journal 125: 123: 365:, Inventory Report, Allen House (2014). 119: 434:Washington (state) state court judges 54:Othilia Gertrude Carroll was born in 7: 444:Suffragists from Washington (state) 349:"Westhillsyde (Allen/Beals House)" 40:University of Washington Law School 449:20th-century American women judges 14: 338:American Bar Association Journal 320: 295: 270: 245: 203:"Seattle Justices of the Peace" 36:Othilia Gertrude Carroll Beals 1: 419:American women in World War I 189:Polk's Seattle City Directory 106:, was designed by architects 429:20th-century American judges 265:(February 19, 1920): 1. via 219:"When Women Sit in Judgment" 132:Woman's Who's Who of America 23:Othilia Carroll Beals (1918) 363:"Statement of Significance" 290:(August 20, 1927): 13. via 129:John William Leonard, ed., 465: 172:University of Washington, 16:American judge (1875–1970) 340:14(2)(February 1928): 61. 315:(August 8, 1927): 4. via 208:(December 21, 1918): 617. 88:American Legion Auxiliary 42:, and to practice law in 414:Lawyers from New Orleans 240:(March 4, 1919): 8. via 98:Othilia Carroll married 224:(February 1920): 46-47. 56:New Orleans, Louisiana 32: 24: 379:Othilia Carroll Beals 260:"Woman Judge Retires" 217:Anne Shannon Monroe, 201:Anne Bigony Stewart, 156:Judith W. Rosenthal, 30: 22: 439:Lawyers from Seattle 235:"Legislative Notes" 163:18(1)(Spring 2004). 104:Olympia, Washington 44:Seattle, Washington 313:Santa Ana Register 263:Santa Ana Register 77:small claims court 33: 25: 222:Good Housekeeping 206:The Woman Citizen 145:Biographical Note 456: 366: 360: 354: 347: 341: 332: 326: 325: 324: 307: 301: 300: 299: 282: 276: 275: 274: 257: 251: 250: 249: 231: 225: 215: 209: 199: 193: 185: 179: 170: 164: 154: 148: 142: 136: 127: 84:John J. Pershing 68:Pacific Catholic 464: 463: 459: 458: 457: 455: 454: 453: 394: 393: 375: 370: 369: 361: 357: 351:Olympia History 348: 344: 333: 329: 319: 308: 304: 294: 283: 279: 269: 258: 254: 244: 232: 228: 216: 212: 200: 196: 186: 182: 175:General Catalog 171: 167: 155: 151: 143: 139: 128: 121: 116: 100:Walter B. Beals 96: 64: 52: 17: 12: 11: 5: 462: 460: 452: 451: 446: 441: 436: 431: 426: 421: 416: 411: 406: 396: 395: 392: 391: 385: 374: 373:External links 371: 368: 367: 355: 342: 327: 317:Newspapers.com 302: 292:Newspapers.com 288:Evening Review 277: 267:Newspapers.com 252: 242:Newspapers.com 226: 210: 194: 180: 165: 149: 137: 118: 117: 115: 112: 108:Elizabeth Ayer 95: 92: 63: 60: 51: 48: 15: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 461: 450: 447: 445: 442: 440: 437: 435: 432: 430: 427: 425: 422: 420: 417: 415: 412: 410: 407: 405: 402: 401: 399: 389: 386: 384: 380: 377: 376: 372: 364: 359: 356: 352: 346: 343: 339: 336: 331: 328: 323: 318: 314: 311: 306: 303: 298: 293: 289: 286: 281: 278: 273: 268: 264: 261: 256: 253: 248: 243: 239: 236: 230: 227: 223: 220: 214: 211: 207: 204: 198: 195: 191: 190: 184: 181: 177: 176: 169: 166: 162: 159: 153: 150: 146: 141: 138: 134: 133: 126: 124: 120: 113: 111: 109: 105: 101: 94:Personal life 93: 91: 89: 85: 80: 78: 74: 69: 61: 59: 57: 49: 47: 45: 41: 37: 29: 21: 383:Find a Grave 358: 350: 345: 337: 330: 312: 305: 287: 280: 262: 255: 238:Seattle Star 237: 229: 221: 213: 205: 197: 192:(1901): 308. 188: 183: 174: 168: 160: 152: 140: 131: 97: 81: 67: 65: 53: 35: 34: 409:1970 deaths 404:1875 births 178:(1892): 77. 73:World War I 398:Categories 233:Ted Cook, 114:References 50:Early life 62:Career 381:at 400:: 122:^ 46:. 353:.

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University of Washington Law School
Seattle, Washington
New Orleans, Louisiana
World War I
small claims court
John J. Pershing
American Legion Auxiliary
Walter B. Beals
Olympia, Washington
Elizabeth Ayer


Woman's Who's Who of America
Biographical Note
"Bella Weretnikow: Seattle's First Jewish Female Attorney"
General Catalog
Polk's Seattle City Directory
"Seattle Justices of the Peace"
"When Women Sit in Judgment"
"Legislative Notes"
Newspapers.com
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"Woman Judge Retires"
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"Legion Auxiliary Officers Who Will Attend Paris Convention"
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