Odessa Pittard Bailey
Civic leader and judge
About Odessa Pittard Bailey
Lived 1906 – 1994 (aged 87–88).
Odessa Pittard Bailey (1906–1994) was a civic leader and judge in Virginia. She was appointed to the Roanoke Juvenile and Domestic Relations Court in 1944, making her the first woman in Virginia to hold a judicial post higher than justice of the peace or county trial justice. Bailey co-founded the Virginia Council of Juvenile Court Judges and served as its president from 1947 to 1948. She served as president of the Virginia Federation of Women’s Clubs.
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Who was Odessa Pittard Bailey?
Civic leader and judge
When was Odessa Pittard Bailey born?
Odessa Pittard Bailey was born in 1906.
When did Odessa Pittard Bailey die?
Odessa Pittard Bailey died in 1994.
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