Clara Ruth Mozzor Explained

Clara Ruth Mozzor
Birth Date:1892
Birth Place:Providence, Rhode Island
Occupation:Lawyer
Known For:Assistant attorney general in Colorado, 1917-1921

Clara Ruth Mozzor (1892 – died after 1937) was an American lawyer. She became Assistant Attorney General of Colorado in 1917, the first woman to serve in that role in any American state.[1]

Early life

Mozzor was born to Russian Jewish immigrant parents Peter and Celia Mozzor, in Providence, Rhode Island;[2] she was raised in Denver, Colorado.[3] She graduated from East Denver High School in 1909,[4] and attended the University of Denver, and completed her education at the University of Colorado Law School in 1915.[5] [6]

Career

Mozzor taught school as a young woman, helped to organize a settlement house in Denver,[7] and wrote for newspapers.[8] In 1913, she was a delegate to the Children's Welfare Congress held in Boston.[9]

In 1914, during the Colorado Coalfield War, Mozzor wrote about visiting the scene of the Ludlow Massacre, two days after the event. "Waste and ruin, death and misery were the harvest of this war that was waged on helpless people," she wrote, for the International Socialist Review. "Mothers with babies at their breasts and babies at their skirts and mothers with babies yet unborn were the targets of this modern warfare."[10]

Mozzor was admitted to the Colorado bar in 1915. She was the youngest woman lawyer in Colorado,[11] and she became Assistant Attorney General of Colorado in 1917,[12] [13] [14] the first woman to hold that position in any American state. She worked with Mary C. C. Bradford to raise money for Colorado soldiers during World War I,[15] and she arranged for a vaudeville troupe to entertain the soldiers based in camps near Denver.[16]

After marriage, Clara Mozzor Neuhaus lived in Omaha,[17] and was active on the Nebraska state board of the League of Women Voters,[18] [19] and, as a doctor's wife, in the state chapter of the women's auxiliary of the American Medical Association.[20]

Personal life

Clara Mozzor married German-born psychiatrist George Emile Neuhaus in 1922. They lived in Nebraska and had daughters Ruth and Geisa, before Dr. Neuhaus died in 1938.[21]

Notes and References

  1. News: December 15, 1916. First Woman Assistant Attorney General. 5. Philadelphia Jewish Exponent. August 18, 2020. NewspaperArchive.com.
  2. News: Caplan. Louis D.. 1917-02-16. Ruth Mozzor's Rise. 6. The Modern View. 2020-08-18.
  3. Book: The Bench and Bar of Colorado. 1917. 150.
  4. East Denver High School Annual (1909), Denver Public Library Digital Collections; page 34.
  5. News: December 9, 1916. Miss Att'y General Colorado Address. 1. The Broadax. August 18, 2020. Chronicling America.
  6. Web site: 1915–1916. Catalogue of the University of Colorado. 2020-08-18. 270. en.
  7. News: January 21, 1917. Woman Prosecutor Tells How to Succeed as Lawyer. 21. Cincinnati Commercial Tribune. August 18, 2020. NewspaperArchive.com.
  8. News: 1917-03-04. 'Spirit of the West' Girl Now Colorado's Assistant Attorney General. 67. The Pittsburgh Press. 2020-08-18. Newspapers.com.
  9. News: 1913-05-16. Colorado News. 2. Eastern Colorado Times. 2020-08-18. Newspapers.com.
  10. Mozzor. Clara Ruth. June 1914. Ludlow. The International Socialist Review. 14. 722–724.
  11. News: 1916-11-30. Woman is Assistant District Attorney. 8. Albuquerque Morning Journal. 2020-08-18. Newspapers.com.
  12. News: 1921-04-28. If Portia Lived Today She'd Find Plenty of Competition!. 10. Santa Cruz Evening News. 2020-08-18. Newspapers.com.
  13. News: 1917-02-07. Woman Assistant Attorney General. 1. The Gazette. 2020-08-18. Newspapers.com.
  14. News: 1917-01-28. Controversy is Settled. 3. Evening Star. 2020-08-18. Newspapers.com.
  15. News: May 25, 1917. Woman's Voluntary Poll Tax Fund for Colorado Soldiers. 1. Aspen Democrat-Times. August 18, 2020. Colorado Historic Newspapers Collection.
  16. News: September 6, 1917. Untitled news item. 1. Cheyenne Record. August 18, 2020. NewspaperArchive.com.
  17. News: 1927-05-03. Claim Women Equal Men in Professions. 1. The Columbus Telegram. 2020-08-18. Newspapers.com.
  18. News: 1937-03-12. State Board of Voters to Meet. 11. The Lincoln Star. 2020-08-18. Newspapers.com.
  19. News: 1937-03-27. Child Labor Bill Defeat is Rebuked. 1. The Lincoln Star. 2020-08-18. Newspapers.com.
  20. News: 1928-05-17. Fremont Woman Chosen. 12. The Nebraska State Journal. 2020-08-18. Newspapers.com.
  21. News: 1938-05-16. Dr. G. E. Neuhaus Dies at Omaha. 2. The Lincoln Star. 2020-08-18. Newspapers.com.

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