Norris, Mildred W. (Mildred Wells)

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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.

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Norris, Mildred W. (Mildred Wells)--Interviews

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Oral history with the Honorable Mildred W. Norris, attorney, jurist, native Mississippian

Creator:: Caudill, Orley B
Norris, Mildred W. (Mildred Wells)
Date of Original:: 1974-05-21
1976-01-26
Collection:: Oral History
Contributing Institution:: University of Southern Mississippi. Center for Oral History and Cultural Heritage

Norris, Mildred W. (Mildred Wells)

Oral History