Emma Jean Lang Avery was born in Boston in 1893 or 1894. She attended Boston University from 1916-1923 and received a bachelor's degree in business administration in 1923. Avery attended Northeastern University's Evening School of Law from September 1923 to June 1927, and received her LLB in 1927. After marrying Lester Avery, in 1931 she returned to Northeastern University to take the comprehensive review course offered to law students in their fourth year, most likely in preparation for the Massachusetts Bar Exam. It is unknown whether she ever practiced law. She died in Milton, Massachusetts in January 1980.
From the description of Emma Jean Lang Avery papers, ca. 1916-1931. (Northeastern University). WorldCat record id: 49377611
