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'''Elizabeth Kamatsu Ohi''' (later '''Elizabeth Owens'''; 1911-1976) was the first [[Japanese Americans|Japanese American]] female lawyer in the [[United States]] and [[Illinois]].<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref><ref></ref><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>
She was born on February 9, 1911 to a [[Eurasian (mixed ancestry)|Eurasian]] household in [[Chicago|Chicago, Illinois]]. Her father Sidney G. Ohi worked as a designer for the [[Pullman Company]].<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> Ohi attended the [[University of Chicago]] and would earn her [[Bachelor of Laws]] and [[Juris Doctor]] from the [[John Marshall Law School (Chicago)|John Marshall Law School]].<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> In 1937, Ohi became the first Japanese American female admitted to practice law in the entirety of the United States.
Despite her mixed racial ancestry, Ohi was still interned at a Japanese internment camp following the [[Attack on Pearl Harbor|bombing of Pearl Harbor]].<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> She was released due to the assistance of [[Arthur Goldberg]], Esq.—the attorney she was working for as a legal secretary for who would go onto to become an Associate Justice of the [[Supreme Court of the United States]].<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> After a stint as an [[Ensign (rank)|ensign]] in the [[United States Navy]], Ohi relocated with her immediate family to [[Washington, D.C.|Washington, D.C]]. where she would find employment as an attorney at the [[Office of Management and Budget]] and the [[United States Department of Labor|U.S. Department of Labor]]. It was also in Washington, D.C. that Ohi changed her last name to "Owens" in an effort to conceal her Japanese background and [[Passing (racial identity)|pass]].<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>
She died on August 14, 1976 in [[Washington, D.C.]]
== See also ==
* [[List of first women lawyers and judges in the United States]]
* [[List of first women lawyers and judges in Illinois]]
== References ==
[[Category:Japanese American lawyers]]
[[Category:Illinois lawyers]]
[[Category:American women lawyers]]
[[Category:Women lawyers]]
[[Category:1911 births]]
[[Category:1976 deaths]]
She was born on February 9, 1911 to a [[Eurasian (mixed ancestry)|Eurasian]] household in [[Chicago|Chicago, Illinois]]. Her father Sidney G. Ohi worked as a designer for the [[Pullman Company]].<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> Ohi attended the [[University of Chicago]] and would earn her [[Bachelor of Laws]] and [[Juris Doctor]] from the [[John Marshall Law School (Chicago)|John Marshall Law School]].<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> In 1937, Ohi became the first Japanese American female admitted to practice law in the entirety of the United States.
Despite her mixed racial ancestry, Ohi was still interned at a Japanese internment camp following the [[Attack on Pearl Harbor|bombing of Pearl Harbor]].<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> She was released due to the assistance of [[Arthur Goldberg]], Esq.—the attorney she was working for as a legal secretary for who would go onto to become an Associate Justice of the [[Supreme Court of the United States]].<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> After a stint as an [[Ensign (rank)|ensign]] in the [[United States Navy]], Ohi relocated with her immediate family to [[Washington, D.C.|Washington, D.C]]. where she would find employment as an attorney at the [[Office of Management and Budget]] and the [[United States Department of Labor|U.S. Department of Labor]]. It was also in Washington, D.C. that Ohi changed her last name to "Owens" in an effort to conceal her Japanese background and [[Passing (racial identity)|pass]].<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>
She died on August 14, 1976 in [[Washington, D.C.]]
== See also ==
* [[List of first women lawyers and judges in the United States]]
* [[List of first women lawyers and judges in Illinois]]
== References ==
[[Category:Japanese American lawyers]]
[[Category:Illinois lawyers]]
[[Category:American women lawyers]]
[[Category:Women lawyers]]
[[Category:1911 births]]
[[Category:1976 deaths]]
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