While women in Britain were campaigning for the right to vote, Cornelia Sorabji became the first woman to practise law in India. After she received a first class degree from Bombay University in 1888, British supporters helped to send her to Oxford University.
Georgia BullockGeorgia Bullock, (born 1874 or 1878, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.—died 1957, Los Angeles, California), first female Superior Court judge in the state of California.
Greek women had virtually no political rights of any kind and were controlled by men at nearly every stage of their lives. The most important duties for a city-dwelling woman were to bear children--preferably male--and to run the household.
Stella Thomas (1935): First female lawyer in Nigeria.
On June 13, 1967, President Lyndon B. Johnson nominated distinguished civil rights lawyer Thurgood Marshall to be the first African American justice to serve on the Supreme Court of the United States.
But, despite all the roadblocks, Ketanji Brown Jackson's appointment was one of the quickest in Supreme Court history, taking only 39 days from February 25 - the day President Biden announced her nomination - to April 7 - when the Senate confirmed her appointment 53-47.
Spartan Women and Marriage As adults, Spartan women were allowed to own and manage property. Additionally, they were typically unencumbered by domestic responsibilities such as cooking, cleaning and making clothing, tasks which were handled by the helots.
The average Greek man may be looking for a companion, but he is certainly not looking for an equal partner. He wants a woman to support his image, make his coffee, cook his dinner, wash and iron his clothes, raise his children, and when necessary, massage his ego so that he still feels like a man.
Bearing and raising children was considered the most important role for women in Spartan society; equal to male warriors in the Spartan army. Spartan women were encouraged to produce many children, preferably male, to increase Sparta's military population. They took pride in having borne and raised brave warriors.
Esther ChukwuemekaCape Town– Nigeria's Esther Chukwuemeka, who was denied admission to study law at Abia State University (ABSU) due to her young age, has at 20 years old, become Africa's youngest barrister (advocate) to be called to the Nigerian Bar as a solicitor and advocate of the Supreme Court of Nigeria.
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Julia J. Soprano (born December 4, 1989) is an American associate judge for the Easley, South Carolina municipal court.
Marita Petersen is referred to as the first female lawyer in the Faroe Islands by various sources. She may have actually been a lagman or lawspeaker, which is a Scandinavian legal office.
Marie Popelin: First female to earn a doctorate in law in Belgium (1888) Marie Popelin (1888): First female to earn a doctorate in law in Belgium, but denied the right to practice as a lawyer. Paule Lemy and Marcelle Renson (1922): The first women who took the oath of lawyer in Belgium.
Gertrude Tuckwell: First female magistrate in London (1920) Elsie Bowerman (1924): First female barrister to practice at the Old Bailey, London. Cornelia Sorabji: First female to obtain a law degree from the University of Oxford. Edith Williams: First female solicitor in Shropshire, England.