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Aurel M. Kelly (1949): [83] First female lawyer in Walla Walla, Washington [Walla Walla County, Washington] Sandy Flores (2008): [84] First Latin American female lawyer in Walla Walla County, Washington; Patricia Fulton: [85] First female to serve as a Judge of the Superior Court of Walla Walla County, Washington (2025) Elizabeth M. Balas: [86 ...
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)
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 ...
She was the first black American female lawyer in the United States. [1] [2] Ray graduated from Howard University School of Law in 1872. She was also the first female admitted to the District of Columbia Bar, and the first woman admitted to practice before the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia. [3]
Belva Ann Bennett Lockwood (October 24, 1830 – May 19, 1917) was an American lawyer, politician, educator, and author who was active in the women's rights and women's suffrage movements. She was one of the first women lawyers in the United States, and in 1879 she became the first woman to be admitted to practice law before the U.S. Supreme Court.
[2] [1] In 1914 she was elected Justice of the Peace, the first female Justice of the Peace in King County and Washington state. Her mother, Esther T. Bosley, ran her campaign. She served in the role King County's only female Justice of the Peace until 1941 for seven terms. [3] [1] The Fort Wayne Journal Gazette, Indiana, June 26, 1921
Eleni M. Roumel: [22] First Greek American female to serve on the United States Court of Federal Claims (2020) Florence Y. Pan: [23] First Asian American (female) to serve on the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia (2021) Loren AliKhan: [24] First Asian American (female) to serve on the District of Columbia Court of Appeals (2022)
Lomen went to law school at the University of Washington, where she graduated first in her class and was an editor on the law review. She also worked thirty hours per week in the office of Dean Judson F. Falknor, whose work as a compliance commissioner on the War Production Board required his part-time student secretary to type numerous legal ...