Timeline of women lawyers
This is a timeline of women lawyers.
- 1869 - Arabella Mansfield became the first female lawyer in the United States when she was admitted to the Iowa bar.[1]
- 1870 - Ada Kepley became the first woman to graduate from law school in the United States; she graduated from Chicago University Law School, predecessor to Union College of Law, later known as Northwestern University School of Law.[2]
- 1872 - Charlotte E. Ray became the first African-American female lawyer in the United States.[3]
- 1873 - Johanna von Evreinov became the first woman to obtain a JD in Germany on 21 February 1873, after having been admitted as a guest student at Leipzig University.[4]
- 1879 - Belva Lockwood became the first woman to argue before the United States Supreme Court.[5]
- 1897 - Ethel Benjamin became the first female lawyer in New Zealand.[6]
- 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.[3]
- 1911 - Clotilde Luisi became the first female lawyer in Uruguay.[7]
- 1913 - Natividad Almeda-Lopez became the first female lawyer in the Philippines.[8]
- 1918 - Judge Mary Belle Grossman and Mary Florence Lathrop became the first two female lawyers admitted to the American Bar Association.[3]
- 1922 - Ivy Williams was the first woman to be called to the English bar.[9]
- 1922 - Helena Normanton became the first female barrister to practice in England.[10]
- 1922 - Florence E. Allen became the first woman ever elected to a state supreme court (specifically, the Ohio Supreme Court).[11]
- 1922 - Florence King became the first woman to argue a patent case before the U.S. Supreme Court.[12]
- 1923 - Florence King became the first woman to win a case before the U.S. Supreme Court in 1923 (Crown v. Nye).[12]
- 1928 - Genevieve Cline won U.S. Senate confirmation on May 25, 1928 as a judge of the United States Customs Court (now known as the Court of International Trade), received her commission on May 26, 1928, and took her oath of office in the Cleveland Federal Building on June 5, 1928,[13] thus becoming the first American woman ever appointed to the federal bench.[14]
- 1943 - Frances Wright was called to the bar, becoming the first female lawyer in Sierra Leone.[15]
- 1965 - Lorna E. Lockwood became the first woman chief justice of any state (specifically, she was chief justice of Arizona).[16]
- 1970 - Doris Brin Walker became the first female president of the (American) National Lawyers Guild.[17]
- 1981 - Sandra Day O'Connor became the first woman to serve as a justice on the United States Supreme Court.[18]
- 1981 - Arnette Hubbard became the first female president of the (American) National Bar Association.[19][20]
- 1988 - Juanita Kidd Stout was appointed to the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, thus becoming the first African-American woman to serve on a state's highest court.[3]
- 1995 - Roberta Cooper Ramo became the first female president of the American Bar Association.[21]
- 2008 - Roberta Cooper Ramo became the first female president of the American Law Institute.[21]
References
- ↑ Martha C. Nussbaum (24 January 2012). Philosophical Interventions: Reviews 1986-2011. Oxford University Press. pp. 400–. ISBN 978-0-19-977785-3.
- ↑ "First Women Lawyers | Women's Bar Association Of Illinois". Wbaillinois.org. Retrieved 2015-05-16.
- 1 2 3 4 "History". NAWL. 1923-08-28. Retrieved 2015-05-16.
- ↑ Margrit Twellmann, Wolfgang Abendroth (1972). Marburger Abhandlungen zur Politischen Wissenschaft (in German). Hain. p. 112.
Die erste Frau, die in Deutschland an der Universität in Leipzig am 21. 2. 1873 zum Dr. jur. promovierte, war die Russin Johanna von Evreinov; sie war als "Gasthörerin" in Leipzig zugelassen worden.
- ↑ "20,000 Women Strike for Worker's Rights / Women 's Leadership in America History". .cuny.edu. Retrieved 2015-05-16.
- ↑ Mary Jane Mossman (31 May 2006). The First Women Lawyers: A Comparative Study of Gender, Law and the Legal Professions. Bloomsbury Publishing. pp. 159–. ISBN 978-1-84731-095-8.
- ↑ Christine Ehrick (2005). The Shield of the Weak: Feminism and the State in Uruguay, 1903-1933. UNM Press. pp. 95–. ISBN 978-0-8263-3468-8.
- ↑ Jimenez-David, Rina (8 September 2012). "The CJ and the trailblazer". Philippine Daily Inquirer.
- ↑ Hazel Fox, ‘Williams, Ivy (1877–1966)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Oct 2006 accessed 20 July 2012; England's First Woman Barrister. Miss Ivy Williams "Called.", The Times, Thursday, May 11, 1922; pg. 7; Issue 43028; col D
- ↑ The Kolberg Partnership, London (2008-03-06). "Out of the Archive Talk- Helena Normanton: first woman barrister , The Women's Library, Old Castle Street London E1 7NT - General London Event". Allinlondon.co.uk. Retrieved 2015-05-16.
- ↑ google. "Judge Florence Allen: First female justice of a state supreme court - Star Beacon: Home". Star Beacon. Retrieved 2015-05-16.
- 1 2 "Biographical Search | Women's Legal History". Wlh.law.stanford.edu. Retrieved 2015-03-22.
- ↑ William Ganson Rose, Cleveland: the Making of a City, 1990: Kent State Univ. Press, p. 854 (ISBN 0873384288)
- ↑ Jo Freeman, A Room at a Time: How Women Entered Party Politics, 2002: Rowman and Littlefield, p. 216 (ISBN 084769805X)
- ↑ Wyse, Akintola J.G. (1989). The Krio of Sierra Leone: an interpretative history. C Hurst & Co. p. 39. ISBN 978-1850650317.
- ↑ Zachary Alden Smith (1 January 2002). Politics and Public Policy in Arizona. Greenwood Publishing Group. pp. 129–. ISBN 978-0-275-97118-2.
- ↑ Colin Wark; John F. Galliher (23 April 2015). Progressive Lawyers under Siege: Moral Panic during the McCarthy Years. Lexington Books. pp. 31–. ISBN 978-0-7391-9561-1.
- ↑ "Sandra Day O'Connor Institute | Sandra Day O'Connor Biography". Oconnorhouse.org. 1930-03-26. Retrieved 2015-05-16.
- ↑ "First woman president of National Bar Association installed | African American Registry". Aaregistry.org. 1981-07-31. Retrieved 2015-05-12.
- ↑ Fred D. Gray (2002). Bus Ride to Justice: Changing the System by the System : the Life and Works of Fred D. Gray, Preacher, Attorney, Politician. NewSouth Books. pp. 308–. ISBN 978-1-58838-113-2.
- 1 2 "Law School Commencement - Featured Events - Lewis & Clark". Lclark.edu. 2010-05-29. Retrieved 2015-05-16.
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