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Knowles, Effie, 1892-1984
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Effie Knowles was born in Key West in 1892 and died in Miami in 1984 at the age of 92. Knowles began her practice of law in 1926. For a period of 19 years, beginning in 1934, she served as an attorney in the Department of Justice. She returned to private practice in 1953 in Miami, and served as an attorney for the Seminole Tribe of Florida for over 20 years, beginning in 1955.