usm_coh_ohnorrism ohnorrism coh usm yes Oral history with the Honorable Mildred W. Norris, attorney, jurist, native Mississippian Norris, Mildred W. (Mildred Wells) Women judges--Mississippi--Hattiesburg--Interviews Women judges--Mississippi--Forrest County--Interviews Judges--Mississippi Women--Mississippi Women college students--Mississippi Wives--Mississippi Lawyers--Mississippi Legal secretaries--Mississippi Municipal government--Mississippi Women's rights--Mississippi Families--Mississippi Fathers--Mississippi--Laurel Relocation (Household moving)--Mississippi State governments Mississippi--Politics and government Law--Mississippi Civil rights--Mississippi Civil rights movements--Mississippi Norris, Mildred W. (Mildred Wells) Oral history. Two interviews conducted on May 21, 1974 and January 26, 1976 with the Honorable Mildred Wells Norris. Norris was born in Ovett, Mississippi. She studied for one year at Mississippi State College for Women. Norris started working for two lawyers in Laurel, Mississippi. In 1947, she passed the Mississippi Bar Examination. Norris was appointed Judge of the Municipal Court of Hattiesburg in 1961 and was the first woman Police Judge in Mississippi. She has worked actively for the advancement of women; she was the first woman to serve on the Forrest County Industrial Development Board and also was appointed first chairman of the Mississippi Governor's Commission on Women. Governor Paul B. Johnson, Jr. appointed Norris to serve on the Governor's Commission on the Employment of the Handicapped. Electronic version made available through a National Leadership Grant for Libraries from the Institute for Museum and Library Services. Hattiesburg, Miss.: University of Southern Mississippi Libraries Caudill, Orley B. Center for Oral History and Cultural Heritage University of Southern Mississippi. Libraries Civil Rights in Mississippi Digital Archive Collection (University of Southern Mississippi) Mississippi Oral History Program Collection (Civil Rights in Mississippi Digital Archive) 2002-03-04 Transcripts Oral histories http://digilib.usm.edu/u?/coh,6022 (Extent) Digital reproduction of 112-page document. Mississippi Oral History Program of the University of Southern Mississippi, vol. 69, McCain Library, University of Southern Mississippi. Forms part of the Civil Rights in Mississippi Digital Archive. Forms part of the Mississippi Oral History Program Collection in the Civil Rights in Mississippi Digital Archive. Forms part of University of Southern Mississippi Digital Collections. Forms part of the Mississippi Digital Library. 1974-05-21 1976-01-26 Mississippi Ovett (Miss.) Hattiesburg (Miss.) Laurel (Miss.) McComb (Miss.) Brookhaven (Miss.) Pike County (Miss.) Lincoln County (Miss.) Jones County (Miss.) Forrest County (Miss.) Copyright protected. Use of materials from this collection beyond the exceptions provided for in the Fair Use and Educational Use clauses of the U.S. Copyright Law may violate federal law. Permission to publish or reproduce is required. 20110708 154747