Ella J. Knowles Haskell

Ella Knowles Haskell was an American lawyer, suffragist, and politician. Born in New Hampshire, she moved to Montana to improve her health following a bout of tuberculosis and there became the first woman to be licensed as a lawyer in Montana, the first female notary public, the first woman to run for Montana State Attorney General and the first woman to argue a case in front of the Supreme Court of the United States. She served as the President of the Montana Equal Suffrage Association and was widely known in Montana for her advancement of the suffrage movement, political feminism and social equity.

Haskell was born Ella Knowles on July 31, 1860 in Northwood, New Hampshire. She graduated from Northwood Academy at the age ofand then attended Plymouth Normal School for one year. She then taught in country schools for a few years to earn tuition for college.

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