Biography

Mildred Daum was born in Buffalo Center, Iowa, in 1920. Daum earned a BA in history at the State University of Iowa (SUI, now University of Iowa) in 1939; a MA in history at Columbia University in 1941; and a JD from the SUI College of Law in 1943. While completing law school, Daum was appointed managing editor of the Iowa Law Review, becoming the first woman in the country to edit a law review. When Daum earned her JD in 1943, she was one of only two women in the College of Law’s graduating class and one of only sixty-one female graduates in the program’s history. Following graduation, Daum accepted a position at the Covington & Burling law firm in Washington, DC. It was there that Daum met fellow lawyer Donald E. Raymond; the couple married in Kansas City, Missouri in 1945 and went on to have three children: Elizabeth, Margaret, and Anne.

Mildred Elizabeth Daum Raymond practiced law in Kansas City for over forty years, specializing in probate and mental health law. Raymond was a community-minded and civically engaged attorney who, in the 1960s, worked for Legal Aid and fought for fair housing by spearheading a legal challenge to redlining in Kansas City. Raymond was an active church member and supported local history sites. Following the death of her husband in 2004, Raymond moved to Bryan, Texas to be near her daughter, Anne Raymond. Mildred Raymond passed away in 2014.

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