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August 29 Washington University Library Of Congress

Missouri History Today August 29, 1904: Olympic Games Begin In St. Louis

August 29 Washington University Library Of Congress

Missouri History Today August 29, 1904: Olympic Games Begin In St. Louis

Couzins, Phoebe Shs#012723

Phoebe W. Couzins of St. Louis became Missouri’s first female law school graduate when she graduated from the Washington University Law Department on this day in 1871. Couzins was an outspoken supporter of women’s right to vote. She later was appointed the nation’s first female U.S. Marshal in 1887. Her parents were John E. D. and …

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