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Legal Work

After graduating from the University of Cincinnati, Igler practiced law in the Greater Cincinnati area.  She went on to become a special assistant to the governor of Ohio, and clerked for Howard Bevis, the Ohio Supreme Court Justice. She was also the first female solicitor for the Village of Glendale, Ohio (Glendale Heritage Preservation).

Special Assistant to the Governor of Ohio

November 27th, 1933
Igler speaks to Woman Lawyers' Club, chronicled in the Cincinnati Post.

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Secretary to Judge Howard Bevis

July 1st, 1934
Igler installs officers of the Cincinnati Chapter #5 Women's Organization National Association of Retail Druggists:

"Miss Elizabeth Igler, attorney and now secretary to Judge Howard Bevis, Justice of the Supreme Court of Ohio, installed the following officers..."


as published in the Cincinnati Enquirer.

 

September 22nd, 1934
Igler to resume secretary work for Judge Howard Bevis in Columbus, as documented in the Cincinnati Post

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Attorney Work

February 5th, 1936

Igler, alongside twelve other Cincinnati attorneys, is admitted to practice by District Judge Nevin.

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Igler is the only female attorney in this grouping, as reported in the Cincinnati Enquirer.

June 23rd, 1935
Igler installs more officers to the Women's Organization National Association of Registered Druggists.

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This article, in the Cincinnati Enquirer, refers to Igler according to her closest male relationship, her father, despite her being twenty-five years of age at this time, and a practicing attorney:

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"Miss Elizabeth Igler, attorney-at-law, and daughter of Herman Igler, druggist, of Glendale, installed the following officers.."

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