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This is a list of the first women lawyer(s) and judge(s) in Michigan.It includes the year in which the women were admitted to practice law (in parentheses). Also included are women who achieved other distinctions such becoming the first in their state to graduate from law school or become a political figure.
Ella Mae Backus (1863–1938) was an American lawyer who became the first female Assistant U.S. Attorney in the State of Michigan, and the first female attorney in the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Western District of Michigan. At the time, she was one of only six female attorneys in the entire Department of Justice. [1]
Elizabeth Eaglesfield (1853–1940) was the first woman admitted to the Indiana state bar and the first practicing female attorney in the city of Grand Rapids, Michigan, in 1875. [1] She was also a Great Lakes ship captain , the owner of a fruit shipping business, and real estate magnate in Benton Harbor, Michigan .
Margaret Brent: first woman to act as an attorney in the United States (1648) Arabella Mansfield: first woman admitted to practice law in the United States (1869) Charlotte E. Ray: First African American female lawyer in the United States and Washington, D.C. (1872) Lyda Conley: First Native American female lawyer in the United States (1902)
The first female cop in the history of a rural Michigan town who was forced to resign, alleges years of sexual harassment and assault by two fellow officers.
Michigan's last remaining all-female American Legion post [27] Ella Mae Backus (1863–1938) 2017 First woman in Michigan to become an Assistant U.S. Attorney [28] Clara Bryant Ford (1866–1950) 2017 Wife of Henry Ford, created and funded programs benefiting women [29] Lisette Denison Forth (c. 1786–1866) 2017 Philanthropist, former slave [30]
1897 – Ethel Benjamin became the first female lawyer in New Zealand and the first to appear as counsel for any case in the British Empire. [ 10 ] [ 11 ] 1899 – The (American) National Association of Women Lawyers , originally called the Women Lawyers' Club, was founded by a group of 18 women lawyers in New York City .
Patricia Cole Cozzi (1953): [27] First female lawyer in The Bahamas; Stephanie Unwala: [28] First female magistrate in The Bahamas (1977) Janet Bostwick (1971): [29] [30] First female lawyer to become the Attorney General of The Bahamas (1995-2001). She was also the first female to serve as the President of The Bahamas Bar Association (1980).