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Tania M.L. Saylor: [48] First female of color to serve as a Judge of the Fairfax County Circuity Court (2022) Lee Lovett (1947): [49] [50] First female lawyer in Winchester, Virginia, Frederick County, Virginia; Helivi Holland: [51] First African American female to serve as a General District judge in the 5th Judicial District. In 2024, she ...
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. [4]
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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 ...
Pages in category "History of women in Virginia" The following 36 pages are in this category, out of 36 total. ... List of first women lawyers and judges in Virginia;
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Gerty Archimede (1939): [137] [138] [139] First female lawyer in the French West Indies (Guadeloupe, Martinique, Saint Barthélemy and Saint Martin) Annie Magnan: [274] First female lawyer in Saint Martin. She was also the first female to serve as President of the Saint Martin Bar Association.