Jennie Mitchell Kellogg
Mary "Jennie" Virginia Mitchell Kellogg was Kansas' first female lawyer.
She was born on March 4, 1850 in Coshocton, Ohio to Daniel Patrick Mitchell and Anna Eliza Baker Mitchell. Kellogg's first husband was Benton Arthur, who died of tuberculosis. Her second husband was Lyman B. Kellogg, whom she married in 1878. She received her legal tutelage from her second husband and became the first female authorized to practice law in Kansas. She was admitted to the Lyon County Bar Association in 1880 and joined her husband's law practice in Emporia, Kansas. The following year, Kellogg was admitted to practice before the Supreme Court of Kansas. Kellogg began working as the Assistant Attorney General of Kansas in 1888 when her husband was elected as the Attorney General. She raised a blended family with her husband and their two sons also became attorneys. Kellogg died on May 9, 1911.
