# Violet King Henry

> First Black graduate of the University of Alberta's faculty of law and the first Black woman to practise law in Canada after being called to the bar in 1954.

**Wikidata**: [Q28658852](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q28658852)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Violet_King_Henry)  
**Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/violet-king-henry


## References

1. [Source](https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/violet-king)
2. [Source](https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/violet-king-calgary-black-history-month-1.6356928)
3. [Source](https://wlmp-pmdf.ca/did-you-know-who-was-the-first-black-female-lawyer-in-canada/)
4. [Source](https://mcmillan.ca/news/violet-pauline-king-henry-first-black-canadian-woman-lawyer/)
5. [Source](https://gallery.lib.umn.edu/exhibits/show/a-womans-place-women-and-work/first-women-innovators/violet-p-henry)
6. [Source](https://calgaryherald.com/news/local-news/honouring-a-trailblazer-the-countrys-first-black-female-lawyer-was-calgarys-violet-king-henry)