Today we remember Harriette Vesta Bailey Conn. Born in @VisitIndy, she graduated from Crispus Attucks High School at 14. #BlackHistoryMonth
She followed in her father’s footsteps, graduating @TalladegaColleg in 1941, & was the 1st woman president of the college's Little Theatre.
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Conn became an attorney & served as deputy attorney general of IN under Edwin K. Steers. http://bit.ly/2lPoooM
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In 1970, the Supreme Court of IN appointed Conn to serve as the 1st woman & 1st African American State Public Defender.
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Under Conn, the office that provided legal services for IN inmates who couldn't afford to appeal their convictions grew from 3 to 27 people
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