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Betty R. Widgeon: [90] First female (and African American female) to serve as a Judge of the 14-A District Court in Washtenaw County, Michigan (1994) Martha Strickland Clark (1887): [91] First female lawyer in Detroit, Michigan [Wayne County, Michigan] Clara T. Livermore: [92] First female judge in Detroit, Michigan (1914) [Wayne County, Michigan]
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]
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)
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.
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]
Much more information on the subject can be found at: List of first women lawyers and judges in the United States. 1869 - Lemma Barkaloo became the first woman in America admitted to law school at Washington University in St. Louis. 1869 – Arabella Mansfield became the first female lawyer in the United States when she was admitted to the Iowa ...
Janet Wood Reno (July 21, 1938 – November 7, 2016) was an American lawyer and public official who served as the first female and 78th United States attorney general. Reno, a member of the Democratic Party , held the position from 1993 to 2001, making her the second-longest serving attorney general, behind only William Wirt .