Born: 1919, United States
Died: 1998
Country most active: United States
Also known as: J. K. Stout
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1919, Mar. 7 Born, Wewoka, Okla.
1939 Graduated, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
1942 Married Charles O. Stout (1907-1988)
1944-1945 Secretary to Charles H. Houston of Houston, Houston and Hastie law firm, Washington, D.C.
1949 Graduated, Indiana University School of Law, Bloomington, Ind.
1949-1955 Administrative secretary to William H. Hastie, U. S. Court of Appeals
1955-1959 Private practice, Philadelphia, Pa.
1956-1959 Assistant district attorney, Philadelphia, Pa.
1959-1968 Judge, Municipal Court, Philadelphia County, Pa.
1968-1988 Judge, Court of Common Pleas, Philadelphia County, Pa.
1988-1989 Justice, supreme court of Pennsylvania
1989-1998 Senior judge, Court of Common Pleas, Philadelphia County, Pa.
1998, Aug. 21 Died, Philadelphia, Pa.
IW note: Stout was the first African-American woman to be a judge in Pennsylvania.
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