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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)
[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
Phoebe Couzins. Phoebe Wilson Couzins (September 8, 1842 – December 6, 1913) [1] was one of the first female lawyers in the United States. She was the second woman to serve as a licensed attorney in Missouri and the third or fourth to be a licensed attorney in the United States.
Leonard thus became the first woman lawyer in the history of Washington, though she returned to Portland before practicing law in that then territory. [4] On March 18 the Oregon Supreme Court refused to admit her to Oregon's bar, though the court previously admitted lawyers who had passed the bars of other states. [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.
Marie Louise Bottineau Baldwin (1914): [1] [2] First Native American female student to graduate from Washington College of Law; Renee Grosshandler Baum, Helen Marie Chambers, Patricia Anna Collier, Mary Gertrude Henseler, Katherine Rutherford, Agnes Anne Neill Williams, and Helen Elsie Steinbinder: [3] First female students to enroll at the Georgetown University School of Law (1951).
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 ...