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This is a list of the first women lawyer(s) and judge(s) in New York.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)
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 ...
Kate Stoneman was the first woman to pass the New York Bar Exam in 1885. However, her application to the New York Bar was rejected in the spring of 1886 on the basis of her gender. [ 3 ] With the help of local suffragettes, Stoneman urged for the introduction and passage of a bill to allow for the admission of all qualified applicants ...
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]
Pages in category "History of women in New York (state)" The following 46 pages are in this category, out of 46 total. ... List of first women lawyers and judges in ...
Gerty Archimede (1939): [135] [136] [137] First female lawyer in the French West Indies (Guadeloupe, Martinique, Saint Barthélemy and Saint Martin) Annie Magnan: [272] First female lawyer in Saint Martin. She was also the first female to serve as President of the Saint Martin Bar Association.
Her first appointment to the bench was to fill a temporary opening, and then in 1920 [10] moving into permanent positions on the Court of Domestic Relations and the Women's Day Court. [11] She was elected president of the New York State Federation of Business and Professional Women's Clubs. [12] In 1923 she went on a world tour, to learn about ...