About Mary Geigus Coulter
Lived 1859 – 1946 (aged 86). Mary Geigus Coulter was an American politician and lawyer.
Mary Anna Clara Coulter ( Mary Anna Clara Geigus) (September 7, 1859 – July 25, 1946) was an American lawyer and politician.
Early life She was born in Savanna, Illinois, on September 7, 1859, to John Nicholas Geigus and Caroline Christina (née Wasmund) Geigus. Her father was born in Switzerland and her mother was from Mecklenburg, Germany.
Mary graduated from Mt. Carroll High School in 1878 and attended Northwestern College in Naperville, Illinois, until 1880. She then went on to be one of the first women to study in the literary and law departments at the University of Michigan Law School.
Career The same year of her graduation from law school, she was admitted to the bar in both Illinois and Michigan. However, she stopped practicing law after her marriage that same year.
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American lawyer and politician (1859–1946)
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Mary Geigus Coulter was born on 7 September 1859 in Savanna.
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Mary Geigus Coulter died on 25 July 1946 in Ogden, Utah.
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Mary Geigus Coulter was a politician and lawyer.
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