Gertrude Rush

Gertrude Elzora Durden Rush was the first African-American female lawyer in Iowa, admitted to the Iowa bar in 1918. She helped found the National Bar Association in 1925. ^{Gertrude Rush, American lawyer and jurist (d. 1962)}

5 August 1880

Born on the same birth date (5 August 1880): Ruth Sawyer

Born on the same birth day (5 August): Adam Yauch • Brian G. Marsden • Bruce Coslet • Carl Harries • Christopher Chessun • Erika Slezak • Erkan Zengin • Jason Culina • Jennifer Finch • Karl Johan Åström • Konrad Hurrell • Laurent Ciman • Lolo Jones • Louise of the Netherlands • Maureen McCormick • Naum Gabo • Rick van der Linden • Salomon Kalou • Shirley Ann Jackson • Tera de Marez Oyens • Terry Becker • Tim Wilson (comedian) • Ulla Salzgeber • Vasbert Drakes

Born in the same month (August 1880): Alexander Grin • Arthur Dove • Christy Mathewson • Earle Page • George Herriman • Gorch Fock (author) • Guillaume Apollinaire • Hans Moser (actor) • Radclyffe Hall • Robert L. Thornton • Ruth Sawyer • Wilhelmina of the Netherlands