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Mabel H. Hubbard Hon. Mabel H. Hubbard (1936--2006)
Simmie Knox (1936- )
Oil on canvas, 1992
37" H x 37" W
Presented, Term of Court Ceremony March 13, 2013
Donor, Purchased by the Baltimore Couthouse and Law Museum Foundation, 2013
Owner, Baltimore Couthouse and Law Museum Foundation
Private Career:
Teacher and Vice Principal Philadelphia and Pittsburgh School Systems
Admitted to the bar, 1977
Public Service:
Assistant City Solicitor, Baltimore City, 1977-1978
Master in Chancery for Juevinile Cases, Baltimore City 1978-1981
Associate Judge, Baltimore City District Court, District 1, 1981-1985
Associate Judge, Baltimore City Circuit Court, 8th Judicial Circuit, 1985-1999 (retired August 31, 1999)
Comments:
Appointed as the first African-American woman to serve as Master-In-Chancery for Baltimore City. The first African-American woman to serve on the District Court of Maryland and, four years later, she was appointed as the first African-American woman associate judge on the Circuit Court for Baltimore. Judge Hubbard helped advance the role of African-American women in the Maryland judiciary.  In 2002 Hubbard was one of four honored with induction into the Maryland Women's Hall of Fame.

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