Mabel Wanda Raimey Historical Marker
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N 43° 02.310 W 087° 55.565
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Mabel Wanda Raimey Historical Marker at the Marquette Law School at 1103 W Wisconsin in Milwaukee, WI
Waymark Code: WM21TV
Location: Wisconsin, United States
Date Posted: 08/21/2007
Published By:Groundspeak Charter Member The Cheeseheads
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"Mabel Wanda Raimey
1898-1986

"Mabel Raimey was the first African-American woman attorney in Wisconsin and the first to graduate from the University of Wisconsin-Madison (1918). She attended Marquette University Law School and was admitted to the Wisconsin Bar in 1927. An original Milwaukee Urban League Board member, Raimey was also a founder of the Northside YWCA and the Epsilon Kappa Omega Chapter of the 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.

Erected 1998"
County: Milwaukee

Location: Building

MarkerID: 411

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