# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/charlotte-e-ray
# Generated: 2026-08-13T01:51:03.054Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/charlotte-e-ray"
name: "Charlotte E. Ray"
slug: "charlotte-e-ray"
description: "Charlotte E. Ray was an African-American lawyer. She was the first black American woman to become a lawyer in the United States. Ray graduated from Howard University School of Law in 1872. She was also the first female admitted to the District of Columbia Bar, and the first woman admitted to practice before the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia. Her admission was used as a precedent by women in other states who sought admission to the bar."
tagline: "American lawyer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Interior_of_the_Drawing_Room%2C_Mar_Lodge.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Lawyers"
  slug: "lawyers"
profileType:
  name: "Lawyer"
  slug: "lawyer"
birthDate: "1850-01-13"
deathDate: "1911-01-04"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           41.62
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.349893333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlotte_E._Ray"
    title: "Charlotte E. Ray"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%84%D9%88%D8%AA%D9%87_%D8%A5%D9%8A._%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%8A"
    title: "شارلوته إي. راي"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%84%D9%88%D8%AA%D9%87_%D8%A7%D9%89._%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%89"
    title: "شارلوته اى. راى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlotte_E._Ray"
    title: "Charlotte E. Ray"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlotte_E._Ray"
    title: "Charlotte E. Ray"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlotte_E._Ray"
    title: "Charlotte E. Ray"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlotte_E._Ray"
    title: "Charlotte E. Ray"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5085924"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump