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COONROD, Elinor

City: Chattanooga

COONROD, Elinor, attorney; born Tiffin, Ohio; daughter Severius A. and Elizabeth (Conway) COONROD; Scotch-Irish descent; educated Heidelberg University and Chattanooga University; graduate University of Chattanooga, LL.B. 1907; scholarship honors at Chattanooga University; member Kappa Kappa Alpha Sorority of Heidelberg; member Woman’s Club of Chattanooga (Literary and Civic); author articles for publications of Ohio; admitted to bar of Hamilton County in 1907; admitted to practice in Supreme Court of State same year; first woman to be accorded that honor; honors in English and oratorical work of Heidelberg; Catholic, St. Peter and Paul of Chattanooga.

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