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FIRST WOMAN ASSISTANT ATTORNEY GENERALClara Ruth Mozzor Appointed in Col-' orado WMM-( lam Ruth Mozzor, young Denver attorney and former newspaper woman, liasbeen appointed Assistant Attorney General of Colorado by ILeslie E. Hubbard, At* torneyi General-elect, ; as | a ^ result I of a campaign cm | the part of women and women's organizations to obtain for Colorado the distinction of having the firstwoman Amistftat Attorney General, It is regarded as a victory for the women of Colorado and as a fitting distinction for the leading suffrage State*.Miss Mozzor has lived in Denver since her early childhood, was educated there, and lias gained a reputation throughout the State for her activities in professional lines. She began her career at the age of thirteen, when she sold gignrd* tjjfip’iiljBlC to the Sunday magazine section of theSpringfieM^ ( Mass.If Republican, At the age of fifteen, when a junior ; in highschool, she attracted attention by or-ganizing settlement work in the Jewish section of JpVest Denver. .'f^; “| She was gradated, from the East Denver High ^rnpol, took her A. degree at Denver University, and graduate in law from the University of Colorado.She was playground instructor in thepublic schools and playgrounds of Denver three years, and lectured on playground worlt at various teachers' institutes | Jn Denver and | throughout the State. She - was a lecturer on the Mid-land; Chautauqua circuit one summer. She has also served as a reporter anil feature writer on various Denver news-nt T“'.r .Iil ') zi r*c3n a statement announcing her appointment,; Mr. Hubbard said in part;“This appointment is made pursuant to the united request of the Democratic women of Colorado. It will, [ trust, serve as an expression of my personal appreciation of the high conception ana devotion to the cause of good citizenship at all times displayed by the women ofour'‘The women of the West, standing for the best in womanly virtues, have added a new dignity to the freeman’s ballot, compelled honesty, decency and justice in public affairs, given a touch ofto government and placed the politics of tlie country on a higher moral plane.“The appointment of a woman to an office of trust—the first woman to be Assistant Attorney General—I am not unmindful is to shatter precedent. Today man holds no monopoly on the patriotismand brains of the nation. The voice of reason dictates the recognition of woman to an important place in the councils of
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Philadelphia Jewish Exponent
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US
Fri, Dec 15, 1916
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