Mahala Ashley Dickerson, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetMahala Ashley Dickerson
American lawyer
Date of Birth: 12-Oct-1912
Place of Birth: Montgomery, Alabama, United States
Date of Death: 19-Feb-2007
Profession: lawyer
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Libra 
About Mahala Ashley Dickerson
- Mahala Ashley Dickerson (October 12, 1912 – February 19, 2007) was an American lawyer and civil rights advocate for women and minorities.
- In 1948 she became the first African American female attorney admitted to the Alabama State Bar; in 1951 she was the second African American woman admitted to the Indiana bar; and in 1959 she was Alaska's first African American attorney.
- In 1983 Dickerson was the first African American to be elected president of the National Association of Women Lawyers.
- Her long legal career also helped to pave the way for other women attorneys.
- In 1995 the American Bar Association named her a Margaret Brent Women Lawyers of Achievement honoree.
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