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Atlanta Daily World
Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia
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Mrs. Ruth W. Whaley, New York's first Black woman in active law practice, sworn in Friday as secretary to the Board of Estimate by Mayor Impellitteri at $12,500/year, succeeding Mrs. Hilda G. Schwartz.
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NEW YORK CITY - (SNS) - Mrs. Ruth W. Whaley, first Negro woman to engage in active law practice in the State of New York, was sworn in Friday as secretary of the Board of Estimate by Mayor Impellitteri. The ceremony was held in the Mayor's Office. Mrs. Whaley's designation for the $12,500-a-year post by Mayor Impellitteri was unanimously approved by the Board of Estimate. She succeeds Mrs. Hilda G Schwartz who resigned Thursday to begin a ten-year term as a City Magistrate at $12,000 a year.
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Mrs. Whaley was for a brief period a Deputy Commissioner of Housing and Buildings during the regime of former Mayor William O'Dwyer, leaving that post to become director of the staff and community relations for the Department of Welfare at $7,500. She is a graduate of the Fordham Law School where she was a classmate of Mayor Impellitteri. During the 1950 mayoralty campaign she was one of the Mayor's most active workers in the Harlem area. Mrs. Whaley is a widow, residing at 1867 Seventh Avenue, with her two children, a son, Herenan W and a daughter, Ruth M. She is a member of numerous professional, business and fraternal organizations.
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New York City
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Friday
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mrs. whaley sworn in as secretary of the board of estimate at $12,500 a year; unanimously approved by the board; succeeds mrs. hilda g schwartz who resigned to become city magistrate at $12,000 a year.
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Mrs. Ruth W. Whaley, first Negro woman to engage in active law practice in the State of New York, was sworn in as secretary of the Board of Estimate by Mayor Impellitteri. The ceremony was held in the Mayor's Office. Her designation for the $12,500-a-year post was unanimously approved by the Board of Estimate. She was previously a Deputy Commissioner of Housing and Buildings under former Mayor William O'Dwyer, then director of the staff and community relations for the Department of Welfare at $7,500. She is a graduate of Fordham Law School, classmate of Mayor Impellitteri, and active worker in his 1950 mayoralty campaign in Harlem. She is a widow residing at 1867 Seventh Avenue with her son Herenan W. and daughter Ruth M., and member of numerous professional, business and fraternal organizations.