Juanita Kidd Stout

When Juanita Kidd was growing up in Wewoka, Oklahoma, she never saw a female lawyer, never mind a black female lawyer. At 16, Stout graduated from high school, but had to leave Oklahoma to find an accredited college, and later a law school that would accept her. Stout made an appearance at Lincoln University from 1935-1937, when she reigned as Queen of the Quill in 1936, but completed her Bachelor’s of Arts degree in Music from the University of Iowa. In 1948, Stout graduated from Indiana University’s School of Law. Juanita Stout paved the way for many aspiring female lawyers. In 1959, Stout was the first black female to be elected to a court of record in the United States. She also became the first black woman in history to serve on a state (Pennsylvania) Supreme Court.

1925 Mary Dennie

Queen of the Quill 1925-1926

1928 Hortense Miller

1928-1929 Queen of the Quill

1926 Bertha Johnson

1926-1927 Miss Lincoln

1929 Zenobia A. James

1929-1930 Queen of the Quill

1930 Edith Greene

1930-1931 Queen of the Quill

1935 Almeta Verginia Crockett

1935-1936 Miss Homecoming

1936 V'Esser Jean Arthur King

1936-1937 Miss Homecoming

1937 Eloise Jackson Taylor

1937-1938 Miss Homecoming

1938 Pauline Julianne Combs

1938-1939 Miss Homecoming

1952 Barbara Jo Wells

1952-1953 Miss Homecoming

1951 Harlene Anderson

1951-1952 Miss Homecoming

1954 Shirley White

1954-1955 Miss Homecoming

1953 Barbara Johnson

1953-1954 Miss Homecoming

1957 Elise Frazier

1957-1958 Miss Lincoln