Rensselaer Journal, Volume 11, Number 3, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 June 1901 — Oasts All Women Lawyers. [ARTICLE]

Oasts All Women Lawyers.

Women cannot practice law In Tennessee. The supreme court at Memphis said so Thursday. Miss Marlon Griffin of Memphis was denied a license by the supreme court on the ground that a lawyer practicing law is an officer of the court and the state Constitution prohibits women from holding office. Judges Wilkes and Caldwell delivered dissenting opinions. There are a score of women lawyers in Tennessee who had been patiently awaiting the decision.