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Marilla Marks Ricker (née Young; March 18, 1840 – November 12, 1920) was a suffragist, philanthropist, lawyer, and freethinker. [1] She was the first female lawyer from New Hampshire, and she paved the way for women to be accepted into the bar in New Hampshire.
First female admitted (New Hampshire Bar Association): Agnes Winifred "Winnie" McLaughlin (1917) [21] First female presidents (New Hampshire Bar Association): Patti Blanchette and Susan B. Carbon from 1992-1993 and 1993-1994 respectively [22] First female president (New Hampshire Women's Bar Association): Maureen Raiche Manning in 1998 [23]
The New Hampshire Women's Bar Association (NHWBA), founded in May of 1998, is a voluntary bar association for attorneys, judges, educators, government officials, and law students in the state of New Hampshire. [2]
After a lower court initially sided with David Blanchflower, the New Hampshire Supreme Court ruled in favor of the two women, concluding that adultery must meet the definition of sexual intercourse under New Hampshire law. In the 3-2 ruling, the majority determined that sexual relations between two females cannot constitute sexual intercourse ...
Lipsky, 63 N.E.2d 642 (Ill. 1945), the Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, did not allow a married woman to stay registered to vote under her birth name, due to "the long-established custom, policy and rule of the common law among English-speaking peoples whereby a woman's name is changed by marriage and her husband's surname becomes ...
CONCORD — The New Hampshire House passed a bill to ban child marriage in New Hampshire on Thursday. Senate Bill 359 , sponsored by Sen. Debra Altschiller, D-Stratham, would raise the minimum age ...
Sep. 23—New episodes of "North Woods Law" are on hold while a major media merger plays out, but the production company is hopeful it will be able to resume filming of the popular show about New ...
The New Hampshire chapter of the ACLU opposed the bill. [74] [75] On March 9, 2016, the proposed ban legislation was defeated. [76] On February 8, 2019, the New Hampshire supreme court, in a 3 to 2 decision, ruled that the city of Laconia's ordinance does not discriminate on the basis of gender or violate the women's right to free speech. [77]