Lemma Barkaloo

Lemma Barkaloo (1840–1870, aka Lemma Barkeloo) was the first woman in America to attend law school.[1][2][3][4] She began attending Washington University in 1869, after having been refused admission to the Law School at Columbia.[4] However, she never finished her course work or graduated.[5][6] In 1870 she was admitted to the Missouri bar and became the first woman to try a case in an American court; she died a few months later from typhoid fever.[3][5][6]

In 2000 Susan Frelich Appleton, J.D., was installed as the inaugural Lemma Barkeloo and Phoebe Couzins Professor of Law at the Washington University school of law.[1][2]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Appleton first Barkeloo-Couzins professor; New chair honors two pioneering women lawyers". Wupa.wustl.edu. Retrieved 2013-10-15.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Susan Frelich Appleton : CV". Law.wustl.edu. Retrieved 2013-10-15.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Brooklyn by Name: How the Neighborhoods, Streets, Parks, Bridges, and More ... - Leonard Benardo, Jennifer Weiss - Google Books. Books.google.com. Retrieved 2013-10-15.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 "New York City Bar Association - Women and the Law". Nycbar.org. 1981-09-26. Retrieved 2013-10-15.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Rebels at the Bar: The Fascinating, Forgotten Stories of America’s First ... - Jill Norgren - Google Books. Books.google.com. 2013-04-15. Retrieved 2013-10-15.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Law, Gender, and Injustice: A Legal History of U.S. Women - Joan Hoff - Google Books. Books.google.com. Retrieved 2013-10-15.