Category:Janet Mary Riley
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English: Janet Mary Riley (September 20, 1915 – July 5, 2008) was an American civil rights activist and first female law professor in New Orleans. Riley dedicated her career to social justice reform, where her proposed “equal management” in reference to community property law was adopted by the Louisiana legislature in 1978 and formally incorporated into the Civil Code in 1980. In addition, Janet Mary Riley heavily involved herself with activism regarding the civil rights movement.
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| Date of birth | 20 September 1915 New Orleans | ||||
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| Date of death | 5 July 2008 | ||||
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Media in category "Janet Mary Riley"
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Janet Mary Riley 1946.tif 2,100 × 2,955; 17.78 MB
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Janet Mary Riley 1989.jpg 1,362 × 1,949; 1.09 MB
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Janet Mary Riley in Army 1944.tif 1,500 × 2,139; 9.2 MB
Categories:
- Riley (surname)
- Janet (given name)
- Mary (given name)
- 1915 births
- 2008 deaths
- Civil rights activists from the United States
- Female academics from the United States
- Legal scholars from the United States
- Lawyers from Louisiana
- Law professors
- Feminists from the United States
- Alumni of Loyola University New Orleans
- Alumni of Louisiana State University
- Alumni of the University of Virginia School of Law
- Roman Catholics from the United States
- Librarians from the United States by name
- Faculty of Loyola University New Orleans