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Leach, Antoinette Dakin

educator, lawyer, was born April 3, 1859, in Indianapolis, Ind.

During 1875-79 she was a teacher in the public schools of her native state; and during 1887-93 was a court reporter and teacher of stenography. By decision of the supreme court of Indiana she was granted permission to practice law in 1893; and she has since attained success in her chosen profession in Sullivan, Ind. In 1896 she was a delegate to the democratic state convention; and was the first woman delegate who ever attended a democratic state convention in Indiana; as she also was the first woman ever admitted to the bar in her state. She is the wife of George W. Leach, a successful farmer and stock breeder.