Day 22 of Women’s Herstory month- a Texas trailblazing lawyer:
Louise B. Raggio’s legal career began in 1952 when she was the only woman in her SMU law school graduating class. She went on to become the first
female assistant district attorney in Dallas County and the first woman to prosecute a criminal case in Dallas.She was a major influence in passing the Texas Marital Property Act of 1967, which gave married women legal rights to their own property. Raggio drafted the Marital Property Act of 1967 while working at the Texas bar association, and she lobbied officeholders to push the legislation through.
