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| Title | Judge Adorah Carson portrait |
| Date of Original | 193-? |
| Description | Portrait of Adorah Carson, who became a County Judge in Pembina County, N.D. She has short curled hair and is wearing glasses. She has a collared shirt, jacket and necklace on. |
| General Subject | People
Portraits
Politics & Government
Women
Law
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| Subject (LCTGM) | Women
Judges
People
Portraits
Portrait photographs
Firsts
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| Personal Name | Carson, Adorah, 1872-1966
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| Location | Pembina County (N.D.)
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| Decade | 1930-1939
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| Item Number | PCHS5054 |
| Format of Original | Photographic prints
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| Dimensions of Original | 23 x 18 cm. |
| Transcription | "Adorah Carson, County Judge, 1937-1951, Pembina County, North Dakota"--Printed on label under photograph. |
| Notes | Title created by staff.
Photographer unknown. |
| Biography/History | Robert Carson married Adorah Rebecca Simms Lindsay in Bathgate June 13, 1900. They had two sons. She was born June 15, 1871 at Collinwood, Ontario. She taught school in Bathgate. She was elected County Judge when her husband's health failed. She retired in 1951. It has been noted that she was the first women judge in North Dakota and that her judicial decisions were never reversed by a higher court. She died in August 1966. |
| Bibliographic Reference | Information from page 51 in the book, Proudly We Speak, A History of Neche, Bathgate, Bruce and Hyde Park. Printed in 1976, published by Neche/ Bathgate History Book Committee, Neche, N.D. |
| Repository Institution | Pembina County Historical Society
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| Repository Collection | Pembina County Historical Society Photograph Collection
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| Credit Line | Pembina County Historical Society Photograph Collection (PCHS5054) |
| Rights Management | Copyright status unknown.
Owned by Pembina County Historical Society. |
| Ordering Information | Pembina County Historical Society
Address: 13572 Hwy 5
Cavalier, N.D. 58220
Phone number: 701-265-4941 or 701-265-4691
Email address: pchsm@polarcomm.com |
| Grant | NHPRC SNAP Grant 2008-2009, NAR08-RC-10021-08 |
| Digital ID | dmPCHS5054 |
