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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.
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)
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]
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.
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 .
This is a list of the first women lawyer(s) and judge(s) in each country. It includes the year in which the women were admitted to practice law (in parentheses). Also included are the first women in their country to achieve a certain distinction such as obtaining a law degree. The list is divided by continent:
Sarah Palin was the first female vice presidential nominee of the Republican Party. [250] Ann E. Dunwoody was the first female four-star general in the U.S. Army. [251] The New Hampshire Senate became the first state legislative body to hold a majority of female members (13 out of 24). 2009
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]