Ruth Virginia Brazzil

Ruth Virginia Brazzil, sometimes known as Ruth Brazzil Roome (September 12, 1889 – May 22, 1976) was a Texas lawyer and jurist. She was a member of the All-Woman Supreme Court of 1925.

Brazzil was the eldest child of William N. and Winnie Shelman Brazzil, and was a native of Tyler, Texas. At least part of her early education was spent in Wharton, Texas; she then attended the University of Texas as a special student, studying law. Admitted to the Texas Bar in 1912, she then began work in Austin for a member of the state legislature. She had a business interest in real estate as well, and worked for the Wharton County Abstract Company in Wharton while in her twenties. She also became assistant general manager and assistant treasurer of Galveston's American National Life Insurance Company. Unlike the other two women with whom she would serve on the court, Brazzil is said to have been an opponent of women's suffrage and participation in politics.

Brazzil was the last of three members appointed to the special all-female session of the Supreme Court of Texas by Governor of Texas Pat M. Neff in 1925; she was nominated only one day before the court was required to begin session. Unlike Edith Wilmans and Nellie Gray Robertson, both of whom had been previously appointed and required to step aside, she had the required seven years' experience practicing law in the state, and she had a familiarity with property law, which would be useful for the case at hand, as it involved property rights. It also involved the Woodmen of the World, which meant that her work in the insurance industry would also be of some assistance. She sat as an associate justice on the court alongside Hattie Leah Henenberg; Hortense Sparks Ward was acting chief justice. The court met twice before delivering its judgement in the case and disbanding in May 1925.

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