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Mary Coleman at home

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dc.date.accessioned 2019-09-24T20:51:06Z
dc.date.available 2019-09-24T20:51:06Z
dc.date.issued 1972-10-12
dc.identifier.uri http://dspace.willardlibrary.org/xmlui/handle/123456789/1000000296
dc.description Mary Coleman, the future chief justice of the Michigan Supreme Court, in the home she shared with her husband, Calhoun County Circuit Court Judge Creighton Coleman. Mary Coleman was elected to the supreme court in 1972 after serving 12 years as probate judge in Calhoun County. en_US
dc.format.medium 35mm BW Negative
dc.subject Mary Coleman Michigan Supreme Court en_US
dc.title Mary Coleman at home en_US
dc.type Image en_US
dc.description.envelope Coleman, Mary Pictures from Womens Page
dc.description.photographer Don Nelson
dc.description.taxonomy People|Women en_US


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Description: As a woman, Mary Coleman was a trailblazer in the Michigan judiciary, but many Enquirer and News readers, as well as Women's Editor Helen Hatton, marveled at how she always looked "bandbox fresh, feminine and rested."
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Description: Mary Coleman sits for an interview with Enquirer and News Women's Editor Helen Hatton. Coleman's husband, Calhoun County Circuit Court Judge Creighton Coleman, sits with his back to the camera.
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Description: Caption as it appeared in the Oct. 8, 1972, Enquirer and News: "She works primarily in a man's field and is running for a place on the all male Michigan Supreme Court, but Calhoun County Probate Judge Mary Coleman enjoys being a woman."
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Description: Mary Coleman was the first chairman of the State Bar of Michigan's Committee on Juvenile Affairs and served as president of the Probate and Juvenile Court Judges Association.
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Description: Caption as it appeared in the Oct. 8, 1972, edition of the Enquirer and News: "Judge Mary's smile is so well known a happy face made an ideal handout for her campaign to obtain the nomination for one of two openings on the state's Supreme Court."
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Description: Caption as it appeared in the Oct. 8, 1972, edition of the Enquirer and News: "Circuit Court Judge Creighton Coleman describes his wife as a gourmet cook. But like many a working housewife, she does most of the cooking on weekends, then freezes meals for the coming week." Creighton Coleman, left, was also a former state senator.
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