Maud Kelly in Law School

Maud McLure Kelly attended the University of Alabama School of Law only a decade after the institution began admitting women. She was the second female student to enroll and graduated third in her class in 1908.

Historic graduation portrait of a woman wearing a cap and academic gown, standing beside an ornate chair.
Courtesy of Samford University Special Collections
Historic graduation portrait of a woman wearing a cap and academic gown, standing beside an ornate chair.