Clara Ruth Mozzor (1892 – died after 1937) was an American lawyer. She became Assistant Attorney General of Colorado in 1917, the first woman to serve in that role in any American state.[1]
Clara Ruth Mozzor | |
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 Clara Ruth Mozzor, from a 1917 publication. | |
| Born | 1892 Providence, Rhode Island |
| Occupation | Lawyer |
| Known for | Assistant attorney general in Colorado, 1917-1921 |
Early life edit
Mozzor was born to Russian Jewish immigrant parents Peter and Celia Mozzor, in Providence, Rhode Island;[2] she was raised in Denver, Colorado.[3] She graduated from East Denver High School in 1909,[4] and attended the University of Denver, and completed her education at the University of Colorado Law School in 1915.[5][6]
Career edit
Mozzor taught school as a young woman, helped to organize a settlement house in Denver,[7] and wrote for newspapers.[5][8] In 1913, she was a delegate to the Children's Welfare Congress held in Boston.[9]
In 1914, during the Colorado Coalfield War, Mozzor wrote about visiting the scene of the Ludlow Massacre, two days after the event. "Waste and ruin, death and misery were the harvest of this war that was waged on helpless people," she wrote, for the International Socialist Review. "Mothers with babies at their breasts and babies at their skirts and mothers with babies yet unborn were the targets of this modern warfare."[10]
Mozzor was admitted to the Colorado bar in 1915.[3] She was the youngest woman lawyer in Colorado,[7][11] and she became Assistant Attorney General of Colorado in 1917,[12][13][14] the first woman to hold that position in any American state.[8] She worked with Mary C. C. Bradford to raise money for Colorado soldiers during World War I,[15] and she arranged for a vaudeville troupe to entertain the soldiers based in camps near Denver.[16]
After marriage, Clara Mozzor Neuhaus lived in Omaha,[17] and was active on the Nebraska state board of the League of Women Voters,[18][19] and, as a doctor's wife, in the state chapter of the women's auxiliary of the American Medical Association.[20]
Personal life edit
Clara Mozzor married German-born psychiatrist George Emile Neuhaus in 1922. They lived in Nebraska and had daughters Ruth and Geisa, before Dr. Neuhaus died in 1938.[21]
References edit
- ^ "First Woman Assistant Attorney General". Philadelphia Jewish Exponent. December 15, 1916. p. 5. Retrieved August 18, 2020 – via NewspaperArchive.com.
- ^ Caplan, Louis D. (1917-02-16). "Ruth Mozzor's Rise". The Modern View. p. 6. Retrieved 2020-08-18.
- ^ a b The Bench and Bar of Colorado. 1917. p. 150.
- ^ East Denver High School Annual (1909), Denver Public Library Digital Collections; page 34.
- ^ a b "Miss Att'y General Colorado Address" (PDF). The Broadax. December 9, 1916. p. 1. Retrieved August 18, 2020 – via Chronicling America.
- ^ "Catalogue of the University of Colorado". 1915–1916. p. 270. Retrieved 2020-08-18.
- ^ a b "Woman Prosecutor Tells How to Succeed as Lawyer". Cincinnati Commercial Tribune. January 21, 1917. p. 21. Retrieved August 18, 2020 – via NewspaperArchive.com.
- ^ a b "'Spirit of the West' Girl Now Colorado's Assistant Attorney General". The Pittsburgh Press. 1917-03-04. p. 67. Retrieved 2020-08-18 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Colorado News". Eastern Colorado Times. 1913-05-16. p. 2. Retrieved 2020-08-18 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Mozzor, Clara Ruth (June 1914). "Ludlow". The International Socialist Review. 14: 722–724.
- ^ "Woman is Assistant District Attorney". Albuquerque Morning Journal. 1916-11-30. p. 8. Retrieved 2020-08-18 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "If Portia Lived Today She'd Find Plenty of Competition!". Santa Cruz Evening News. 1921-04-28. p. 10. Retrieved 2020-08-18 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Woman Assistant Attorney General". The Gazette. 1917-02-07. p. 1. Retrieved 2020-08-18 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Controversy is Settled". Evening Star. 1917-01-28. p. 3. Retrieved 2020-08-18 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Woman's Voluntary Poll Tax Fund for Colorado Soldiers". Aspen Democrat-Times. May 25, 1917. p. 1. Retrieved August 18, 2020 – via Colorado Historic Newspapers Collection.
- ^ "Untitled news item". Cheyenne Record. September 6, 1917. p. 1. Retrieved August 18, 2020 – via NewspaperArchive.com.
- ^ "Claim Women Equal Men in Professions". The Columbus Telegram. 1927-05-03. p. 1. Retrieved 2020-08-18 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "State Board of Voters to Meet". The Lincoln Star. 1937-03-12. p. 11. Retrieved 2020-08-18 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Child Labor Bill Defeat is Rebuked". The Lincoln Star. 1937-03-27. p. 1. Retrieved 2020-08-18 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Fremont Woman Chosen". The Nebraska State Journal. 1928-05-17. p. 12. Retrieved 2020-08-18 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Dr. G. E. Neuhaus Dies at Omaha". The Lincoln Star. 1938-05-16. p. 2. Retrieved 2020-08-18 – via Newspapers.com.
