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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)
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 .
1899 – The National Association of Women Lawyers, originally called the Women Lawyers' Club, was founded by a group of 18 women lawyers in New York City. [3] 1918 – Judge Mary Belle Grossman and Mary Florence Lathrop became the first two female lawyers admitted to the American Bar Association. [3]
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: List of first women lawyers and judges in Africa; List of first women lawyers and judges in Asia
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).
One such woman was Mary O'Toole, who became the first woman municipal judge of the United States, when she was appointed Judge of the Municipal Court of Washington, D.C. by President Harding in 1921. [7] [8] In 1925, the first female lawyer in California, Clara Shortridge Foltz, was considered for a federal judgeship at the age of 76.
Christian became the first female Superior Court judge for the Macon Judicial Circuit, which serves Bibb, Peach and Crawford counties, in 1994. ... she said she’d miss watching two good lawyers ...
This is a list of the first women lawyer(s) and judge(s) in Georgia.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.