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Personal Injury & Torts

Aug. 22, 2001

Pioneering Black, Female Lawyer Dies of Cancer

LOS ANGELES - Zoe Wise Ross, a woman who broke down gender and racial barriers as a personal injury attorney, died of colon cancer Aug. 3 at home in Los Angeles. She was 70.

By Jenna Bordelon
Special to the Daily Journal
        LOS ANGELES - Zoe Wise Ross, a woman who broke down gender and racial barriers as a personal injury attorney, died of colon cancer Aug. 3 at home in Los Angeles. She was 70.
        As one of a growing group of black female attorn...

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