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Lavinia Marian Poe known as Marian Poe was the first African-American woman licensed to practice law in the state of Virginia.

Early life
Poe was born in Warwick County in August 1890.

Career
Poe graduated from Howard University School of Law in June 1925 and passed the bar in December of that year.

Poe was a founding member and only female of the Old Dominion Bar Association for African American Lawyers.

She died in 1974.