Mabel Willebrandt | |
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| United States Assistant Attorney General | |
| In office 1921–1929 | |
| President | Warren G. Harding Calvin Coolidge |
| Preceded by | Annette Abbott Adams |
| Succeeded by | Roger Wilkins (1966) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Mabel Elizabeth Walker May 23, 1889 Woodsdale, Kansas, U.S. |
| Died | April 6, 1963 (aged 73) Riverside, California, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse | Arthur Willebrandt (1910–1920) |
| Children | 1 (adopted) |
| Education | Arizona State University, Tempe (BA) University of Southern California (LLB, LLM) |
Mabel Walker Willebrandt (May 23, 1889 – April 6, 1963), popularly known to her contemporaries as the First Lady of Law, was an American lawyer who served as the United States Assistant Attorney General from 1921 to 1929, handling cases concerning violations of the Volstead Act, federal taxation, and the Bureau of Federal Prisons during the Prohibition era. For enforcing the Eighteenth Amendment, the prohibition against the manufacture and sale of alcoholic beverages, she also earned herself a nickname “Prohibition Portia”.[1]
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