Violet King Henry
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alternate name: Violet Pauline King
alternate name: Violet Pauline King Henry
description: 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.
birth date: 1929-10-18
death date: 1982-03-30
birth place: Calgary
death place: New York City
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