Zanzye H.A. Hill

Zanzye Herterzena A. Hill (January 12, 1906 – April 4, 1935) was Nebraska's first African American female lawyer.

[7] In 1929, Hill—whose poetry appeared in campus publications[8][9]—became UNL's first African American female law graduate.

She taught briefly at Tuskegee Institute, and worked as chief counsel for an Arkansas insurance company.

[15] Hill's achievements were recalled when Elizabeth Davis Pittman became the second Black woman was admitted to the Nebraska bar, in 1948.

[16] In 1982, Hill was one of the five historical Nebraskans honored during the state's first Women's History Week.