| LC control no. | no2012091347 |
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| Personal name heading | Munk, Marie, 1885-1978 |
| Birth date | 18850704 |
| Death date | 19780117 |
| Place of birth | Berlin, Germany |
| Place of death | Cambridge, Mass. |
| Affiliation | Harvard University |
| Profession or occupation | Lawyers Law teachers Judges Women lawyers Women law teachers Women judges |
| Found in | Cordes, Oda. Marie Munk und die Stellung der Frau im Recht, 2011. Smith College, Sophia Smith Collection web site, July 6, 2012: Marie Munk papers, biographical note (Marie Munk was born in Berlin on July 4, 1885; died: January 17, 1978, Cambridge, Massachusetts; graduated from Kaiserin Augusta Gymnasium and received her Doctor of Laws degree from Heidelberg University in 1911; in 1925 she became the first woman admitted to practice law in Berlin and was appointed district court judge in 1929; she was of Jewish descent and fled Nazi persecution, moving to the United States in 1934 to work at the New York School for Delinquent Girls; in 1943 Munk was admitted to the Massachusetts Bar; worked as a marriage counselor for the Court of Common Pleas in Toledo, Ohio; joined the faculty of Harvard University in 1953) |
| Associated language | eng ger |
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