Henrietta Hume Pettijohn Buck (September 30, 1854 – October 11, 1921) was New Mexico’s first female lawyer.
[1][2] She was born September 30, 1854, in Columbia, Missouri, the eldest of the five surviving children of James Robert Hume and Sallie Boothe.
[3] She attended the University of Missouri and initially began a career as a novelist when she wrote Etalee, From the Waves, After Many Years, and Dorothy.
[5][6] Their daughter, Carrick Hume Buck, also became a prominent lawyer, and her distinguished career included becoming the first woman to serve as the Assistant U.S. District Attorney and a judge (including a Supreme Court Justice) in Hawaii.
The New Mexico Women's Bar Association established the Henrietta Pettijohn Award in her name.