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Photographer: Devon Polzar
Taken: December 2022
Caption: Mabel Emily Watson Raimey Marker
Additional Description: The corrected marker was put up in 2021 by Marquette Law School. Besides correcting the spelling of her name and correcting her birth year, the wording was slightly changed to the following:

1895 - 1986

Mabel Raimey was the first African American woman to graduate from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, attend Marquette University Law School, and practice law in the State of Wisconsin. She worked as a legal secretary while attending night classes at Marquette University Law School and was admitted to the Wisconsin Bar in 1927. An original board member of the Milwaukee Urban League, Raimey was also a founder of the Northside YWCA and a charter member of Epsilon Kappa Omega Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. She was a trustee of the West Allis Tabernacle Baptist Church. The Milwaukee Chapter of the National Association of Black Women Attorneys is named in her honor.
Submitted: June 21, 2023, by Devon Polzar of Port Washington, Wisconsin.
Database Locator Identification Number: p731765
File Size: 6.662 Megabytes

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