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Breeden was also a member of the Pierre Political Equality Club and in January 1921, was elected secretary of the League of Women Voters chapter in Pierre at its organization. ... and involved with the Woman’s National Rivers and Harbors Congress, which worked for the “development of the meritorious rivers and harbors, the non-pollution of streams, the preservation of forests, and the conservation of all the natural resources of the nation.”
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In 1904, Marjorie Breeden (pictured) entered the University of South Dakota College of Law, established three years earlier. On June 20, 1907, she became the first woman to earn a bachelor of laws degree from the college, graduating with honors. For many years, Breeden practiced law with her father in Pierre in the firm of Breeden & Breeden, and later in life, she would assist in preparing a revision of the code of South Dakota laws, as well as work in the state supreme court library.
Breeden’s experiences and those of other women who practiced law in South Dakota during its territorial and early statehood years are highlighted in “‘Awake to All the Needs of our Day’: Early Women Lawyers in South Dakota” by Lisa R. Lindell. This article (from South Dakota History Vol. 42, No. 3) can be read for free at https://www.sdhspress.com/journal/south-dakota-history-42-3.
Photo is from the 1907 “Coyote,” the University of South Dakota yearbook.
