Law Archives - Infinite Women

Kitty Payne

Catherine “Kitty” Payne was an enslaved woman in the U.S. in the 1800s

Norma Jean Serena

Serena, a Native American woman, filed a civil lawsuit in 1974 seeking damages for violations of her constitutional rights to procreate and bear children

As a Yale Law graduate and the first Asian American woman lawyer in Hawai’i, she became an advocate for Chinese Americans, restored U.S. citizenship for her family, and fought for broader immigrant rights.

Anna Bennett Bland

Anna Bennett Bland was a principal in a court case that resulted in the Virginia General Assembly losing its status as the court of last appeal in the colony.

Anjali Sharma

Anjali Sharma’s passion for climate justice goes beyond her concern for the environment and includes supporting First Nations people, racial equality, gender equality and marginalised communities.

Hattie Kendrick

American teacher and civil rights activist

Jane Webb

Jane Webb was a free, mixed-race woman in colonial Virginia who sued her husband’s enslaver when he refused to live up to the terms of a contract that would have freed her husband and the bound Webb children.

Margaret Brent

Margaret Brent was one of the earliest residents of Westmoreland County, Virginia, where she owned a sizable estate named Peace plantation and helped to establish Virginia’s first Roman Catholic community.