Mella Carroll
Irish judge
Category Archives: Law
Continue reading
Audrey Ngaere Gale
In 1945 she founded and became secretary of the New Plymouth branch of the New Zealand National Party, and in 1951 became chairwoman of the New Plymouth women’s section. She went on to become a dominion councillor (1951–54) and women’s vice president (1953–54), and a member of the dominion executive in 1954 and of the dominion policy advisory committee in 1956.
Ellen Melville
Although she worked tirelessly to complete the work of the nineteenth century feminists in attempting to remove so-called women’s disabilities, Ellen Melville represented a new breed of feminism. She was an independent professional woman who vigorously sought full participation in public life. She encouraged other women to follow her and to form strong women’s societies, which would take women’s concerns into the arena of public affairs. Melville was one of the key figures in the revival of the feminist movement in the twentieth century.
Inez Milholland
American suffrage leader and lawyer.
Brigid Cotter
Irish chemist and barrister
Ellen Elizabeth Ferner
As a member of the Auckland Community Welfare Council when it formed in mid 1924, Ferner was involved in providing important support for the passage of the Child Welfare Act in 1925. This experience, and her wider work on children’s issues, culminated in her appointment as one of the first three associate members of the Children’s Court in 1926.
Myra Bradwell
The first woman in America to ask for admission to the bar having studied law with her husband. On being refused she went to work, with the aid of her husband, to secure the passage of a law making it possible for women to practice in the courts of Illinois. She was years later, without solicitation, admitted on her original application. She was the first woman made a member of the Illinois Bar and Press Associations. She established the Legal News, a recognized legal authority.
Carrie Burnham Kilgore
The first woman admitted to practice law in Pennsylvania
Valerie French
In 1975 Valerie French became the first woman to sign the Western Australia Bar Roll and became the first woman to practice as a barrister in Western Australia.
Jeanne Chauvin
French lawyer, the second woman admitted to the bar in France.