Mosley, John W
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An image of Attorney Mabel Turner posed in her office. Turner was a champion of human rights who broke race and gender barriers as the first woman appointed assistant U.S. attorney in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. Turner practiced law in Philadelphia for more than 40 years, serving women, other African-Americans, and her profession well. She was the second black woman to be admitted to the Pennsylvania Bar in 1949 and in 1956, and was appointed the first assistant U.S. attorney in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. She later became the first woman Chief of Trial of the U.S. Civil Division.
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