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List of first women lawyers and judges in Massachusetts

This is a list of the first women lawyer(s) and judge(s) in Massachusetts. It includes the year in which the women were admitted to practice law (in parentheses). Also included are women who achieved other distinctions such becoming the first in their state to graduate from law school or become a political figure.

Firsts in state history edit

 
Anna Christy Fall: First female lawyer to argue a case before a jury in Massachusetts
 
Margaret H. Marshall: First female Chief Justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (1999)

Law School edit

Lawyers edit

  • First female: Lelia J. Robinson (1882)[3]
  • First female (to argue case in jury trial): Anna Christy Fall (1891)[4]
  • First female (to appear before the full bench of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court): Margaret M. McChesney (1921) in 1926[5][6]
  • First African American female: Blanche E. Braxton (1923):[1][2] lawyer in Massachusetts. She is also the first African American female lawyer to practice in the United States District Court in Massachusetts in 1933.
  • First Armenian American female: Norma M. Karaian[7]
  • First African American female (to follow her father to the bar and practice law with him): Jacqueline R. Guild Lloyd (1933)[1]
  • First African American female (practice before the United States District Court of Massachusetts): Blanche E. Braxton (1923) in 1933[1][2]
  • First openly LGBT (female): Katherine Triantafillou (1975)[8][9]

State judges edit

Federal judges edit

Attorney General of Massachusetts edit

Assistant Attorney General of Massachusetts edit

U.S. Attorney for Massachusetts edit

District Attorney edit

Political Office edit

Massachusetts Bar Association edit

  • First female (president): Alice E. Richmond from 1986-1987[44]

Firsts in local history edit

See also edit

Other topics of interest edit

References edit

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  14. ^ a b McGovern was appointed at age 37 and is recognized for her contributions for extending rights to children who are in school when their parents divorce. She also granted the first same sex adoption in the state of Massachusetts.(Tammy case)
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This is a list of the first women lawyer s and judge s in Massachusetts It includes the year in which the women were admitted to practice law in parentheses Also included are women who achieved other distinctions such becoming the first in their state to graduate from law school or become a political figure Contents 1 Firsts in state history 1 1 Law School 1 2 Lawyers 1 3 State judges 1 4 Federal judges 1 5 Attorney General of Massachusetts 1 6 Assistant Attorney General of Massachusetts 1 7 U S Attorney for Massachusetts 1 8 District Attorney 1 9 Political Office 1 10 Massachusetts Bar Association 2 Firsts in local history 3 See also 4 Other topics of interest 5 ReferencesFirsts in state history edit nbsp Anna Christy Fall First female lawyer to argue a case before a jury in Massachusetts nbsp Margaret H Marshall First female Chief Justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court 1999 Law School edit First African American female law graduate Blanche E Braxton in 1923 1 2 Lawyers edit First female Lelia J Robinson 1882 3 First female to argue case in jury trial Anna Christy Fall 1891 4 First female to appear before the full bench of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Margaret M McChesney 1921 in 1926 5 6 First African American female Blanche E Braxton 1923 1 2 lawyer in Massachusetts She is also the first African American female lawyer to practice in the United States District Court in Massachusetts in 1933 First Armenian American female Norma M Karaian 7 First African American female to follow her father to the bar and practice law with him Jacqueline R Guild Lloyd 1933 1 First African American female practice before the United States District Court of Massachusetts Blanche E Braxton 1923 in 1933 1 2 First openly LGBT female Katherine Triantafillou 1975 8 9 State judges edit First females Emma Fall Schofield 1908 and Sadie Lipner Shulman 1911 in 1930 4 First female full judgeship and a presiding judge Ethel E Mackiernan c 1918 during the 1930s 10 11 5 First female Associate Justice of the Boston Municipal Court Jennie Loitman Barron c 1914 in 1937 12 First female Associate Judge of the Massachusetts Superior Court Jennie Loitman Barron c 1914 around 1959 12 First female probate court Sheila E McGovern in 1974 13 14 First African American female Margaret Burnham in 1977 15 16 First female Massachusetts Appeals Court Charlotte Anne Perretta in 1978 17 First female to serve on the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Ruth Abrams in 1978 18 First female First Justice of the Massachusetts Probate and Family Court Middlesex Sheila E McGovern in 1980 13 14 First Latino American female Maria Lopez 1978 in 1988 4 19 First openly LGBT female Linda Giles in 1991 20 First person of color Massachusetts Probate and Family Court Judith Nelson Dilday 1974 in 1993 4 First female Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Margaret H Marshall in 1999 21 First Indian American female Sabita Singh 1990 22 First openly LGBT female Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Barbara Lenk 1979 in 2011 23 First Asian American female Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Fernande R V Duffly in 2011 24 First African American female Massachusetts Appeals Court Geraldine Hines in 2013 25 First Korean American female Eleanor Coe Sinnott in 2006 26 First Latino American female Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Dalila Argaez Wendlandt in 2020 27 Federal judges edit First female United States Bankruptcy Court in the District of Massachusetts and its First Circuit Carol J Kenner in 1986 28 First Asian Pacific American female U S District Court for the District of Massachusetts Indira Talwani 1988 in 2014 29 First African American female U S District Court for the District of Massachusetts Denise J Casper 1994 30 First Hispanic American female U S District Court for the District of Massachusetts 31 Margaret Guzman in 2023Attorney General of Massachusetts edit First female Martha Coakley c 1979 from 2007 2015 32 First openly LGBT female Maura Healey 1998 in 2015 33 First African American female Andrea Campbell in 2022 34 Assistant Attorney General of Massachusetts edit First female Emma Fall Schofield 1908 35 36 4 First African American female Glendora Putnam 1948 in 1964 37 38 U S Attorney for Massachusetts edit First Hispanic American female Carmen Ortiz 1981 in 2009 39 First African American female Rachael Rollins in 2022 40 41 District Attorney edit First female Elizabeth Betsy Scheibel in 1993 42 First African American female Rachael Rollins in 2018 40 Political Office edit First openly lesbian female Governor elect of Massachusetts Maura Healey 1998 in 2022 43 Massachusetts Bar Association edit First female president Alice E Richmond from 1986 1987 44 Firsts in local history editElizabeth Betsy Scheibel 42 First female to serve as the District Attorney for the Northwestern District in Massachusetts 1993 Franklin and Hampshire Counties Massachusetts Harriet L Kilbourne 1897 45 First female admitted to the Berkshire County Bar Association Berkshire County Massachusetts Andrea Harrington 46 First female District Attorney for Berkshire County Massachusetts 2018 Mary E Hyde 47 First female lawyer in Fall River Massachusetts Bristol County Massachusetts Elvah H Young 1899 48 First female lawyer in Hampden County MassachusettsMartha Coakley c 1979 32 First female District Attorney for Middlesex County Massachusetts Ruth Abrams 18 First female to serve as the Assistant District Attorney for Middlesex County Massachusetts Margaret Montoya 49 First Latino American female to graduate from Harvard Law School 1972 Cambridge Middlesex County Massachusetts Linda Sheryl Greene 50 First African American female to teach at Harvard Law School 1981 Haben Girma 2013 51 First deafblind graduate who is also female and of Eritrean Ethiopian descent of Harvard Law School Cambridge Middlesex County Massachusetts Priscila Coronado 52 First Latino American female to serve as the President of the Harvard Law Review 2021 Arlene Hassett 53 First female judge in Lowell Massachusetts 1972 Middlesex County Massachusetts Anna E Hirsch 54 First female a lawyer elected as the Registrar of Probate in Norfolk County Massachusetts 1954 Katherine Triantafillou 1975 8 9 First openly LGBT female lawyer in Massachusetts Gene D Dahmen 55 First female President of the Boston Bar Association 1987 1988 Suffolk County Massachusetts Camille A Nelson 56 First African American female to serve as the Dean of Suffolk University Law School 2010 Rachael Rollins 40 First female and African American female to become a District Attorney for Suffolk County Massachusetts 2018 Michelle Wu 57 First Asian American female a lawyer to serve as the Mayor of Boston Massachusetts 2021 Stephanie Grant 1908 58 First female admitted to the Worcester Bar Association Addie Gillette 1897 58 First female lawyer to actually practice in Worcester County MassachusettsSee also editList of first women lawyers and judges in the United States Timeline of women lawyers in the United States Women in lawOther topics of interest editList of first minority male lawyers and judges in the United States List of first minority male lawyers and judges in MassachusettsReferences edit a b c d Smith J Clay Jr 1999 Emancipation The Making of the Black Lawyer 1844 1944 University of Pennsylvania Press ISBN 0812216857 a href Template Cite book html title Template Cite book cite book a CS1 maint multiple names authors list link a b c New England Law awards honorary degree to Bobbi Gibb 77 first woman to run the Boston Marathon www nesl edu May 20 2016 Retrieved 2022 03 10 Robinson Lelia Josephine School of Law www bu edu Retrieved 2018 01 20 a b c d e A History of Diversity at BU Law School of Law www bu edu Retrieved 2018 12 13 a b Law School History Experiences amp Records New England Law Boston student nesl edu Retrieved 2018 12 13 Smith Bonnie Hurd Law New England School of Trail Organization Boston Women s Heritage 2008 01 01 Boston women amp the law a walking trail through four centuries of Boston women s legal history New England Law Boston ISBN 9780979121432 Norma M Karaian Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly February 7 2005 Retrieved 2022 03 09 a b A career spent fighting for the rights of LGBTQ individuals Boston University Retrieved 2020 06 13 a b Triantafillou Katherine Spring 2013 SAME SEX CONFLICTS A PRIMER FOR MEDIATORS PDF Family Mediation Quarterly 12 Women s Legal History Biographical Search Women s Legal History Retrieved 2017 10 25 Thomas pseud Dorothy 1957 Women Lawyers in the United States Scarecrow Press a b Jennie Loitman Barron www jewishvirtuallibrary org Retrieved 2017 10 25 a b Judge Sheila McGovern Class of 1960 Boston College Law School November 20 2002 a b McGovern was appointed at age 37 and is recognized for her contributions for extending rights to children who are in school when their parents divorce She also granted the first same sex adoption in the state of Massachusetts Tammy case Holloran Peter C 2017 05 01 Historical Dictionary of New England Rowman amp Littlefield ISBN 9781538102190 Law professor Margaret Burnham named Carnegie Fellow Retrieved 2018 02 01 Marquard Bryan 13 April 2015 Charlotte Anne Perretta 72 first woman to serve on state Appeals Court The Boston Globe Retrieved 2019 01 12 a b Ruth Abrams Jewish Women s Archive jwa org Retrieved 2019 01 12 Ruiz Vicki L Korrol Virginia Sanchez 2006 05 03 Latinas in the United States set A Historical Encyclopedia Indiana University Press ISBN 0253111692 January 2021 Spotlight Justice Linda Giles MA LGBTQ Judges 2021 01 26 Retrieved 2022 02 17 Marshall Margaret H 21 July 2010 Statement of Chief Justice Margaret H Marshall PDF Press release Retrieved 17 October 2013 Council confirms Singh Donatelle for judgeships Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly 2017 06 22 Retrieved 2018 01 26 SALSBERG BOB Barbara Lenk state s first gay SJC justice confirmed by Governor s Council The Herald News Fall River MA Retrieved 2018 01 20 Bierman Noah 2010 12 22 Patrick looks for another SJC first Boston com Retrieved 2022 03 09 Thornton 82 Denise MA 08 Geraldine Hines JD 71 Defending Justice On Wisconsin Retrieved 2019 01 12 Massachusetts 1st Korean judge balances identity education and social intelligence The Korea Times www koreatimesus com Retrieved 2018 01 26 Mass Gov Charlie Baker to nominate Judge Dalila Argaez Wendlandt to SJC who would be first Latina on the high court masslive 2020 11 03 Retrieved 2022 02 22 WOMEN S BAR ASSOCIATION ANNOUNCES 2015 LELIA J ROBINSON AWARD RECIPIENTS PDF Women s Bar Association of Massachusetts July 13 2015 Indian American Indira Talwani confirmed as federal judge in Massachusetts The Economic Times 2014 05 13 Retrieved 2018 01 19 Federal judge breaks new ground as first black woman to sit on bench in Massachusetts BostonGlobe com Retrieved 2018 01 20 Fulton Jacob 2023 Senate confirms Margaret Guzman as first Hispanic judge appointed to the US District Court for Mass The Boston Globe BostonGlobe com Retrieved 2023 04 12 a b Martha Coakley 1st woman elected attorney general and Middlesex district attorney hopes to become Mass 1st female U S senator masslive com Retrieved 2018 11 19 Maura Healey will be the nation s first openly gay AG BostonGlobe com Retrieved 2018 06 08 Andrea Campbell will be Massachusetts first Black woman Attorney General News 2022 11 09 Retrieved 2022 12 08 News Items PDF Women Lawyers Journal 2 4 February 1913 Drachman Virginia G 2001 Sisters in Law Women Lawyers in Modern American History Harvard University Press ISBN 9780674006942 Marquard Bryan 29 June 2016 Glendora Putnam 92 civil rights pioneer in legal government fields The Boston Globe Retrieved 2019 06 22 Hayden Robert C 1992 01 01 African Americans in Boston More Than Three Hundred Fifty Years Trustees of the Public Library of the City of Boston ISBN 9780890730836 U S Attorney Carmen M Ortiz Announces Departure www justice gov Retrieved 2018 02 17 a b c Boston nearby communities elect first woman of color to be district attorney MSN Retrieved 2018 12 24 Meet the U S Attorney www justice gov 2022 01 10 Retrieved 2022 02 02 a b DA for the Downtrodden Betsy Scheibel Ends Three Decades as a Victims Advocate Alumnae Association Retrieved 2018 12 24 Treisman Rachel 2022 11 09 Meet some of Tuesday s history making election winners NPR Retrieved 2022 11 09 Driscoll Dawn Marie 1990 Women and Economic Empowerment Univ of Massachusetts Press ISBN 9780870236440 Women Attorneys At Law wlh static law stanford edu Retrieved 2017 10 25 Historic wins in two Massachusetts primary races WNYT NewsChannel 13 2018 09 04 Retrieved 2018 12 24 Allard Deborah Four Fall River women who were ahead of their time The Herald News Fall River MA Retrieved 2018 02 12 Smith Frank Charles Proctor Lucien Brock Chapin Heman Gerald Harvey Richard Selden 1899 The American Lawyer Stumpf amp Steurer Documentary featuring Margaret Montoya highlights first Latina admitted to Harvard Law School UNM Newsroom Retrieved 2022 03 09 Linda Sheryl Greene Faculty Profile Michigan State University College of Law www law msu edu Retrieved 2022 03 15 Haben Girma www americanbar org Retrieved 2018 10 05 A Mexican American is the first Latina president of Harvard Law Review NBC News Retrieved 2022 03 09 Makes History Newspapers com April 12 1972 Retrieved 2019 07 10 Women s History Month for Lawyers 5 Little Known Women Lawyer Pioneers www nesl edu Retrieved 2018 12 24 ABA Journal American Bar Association December 1994 Camille A Nelson William S Richardson School of Law www law hawaii edu Retrieved 2022 03 15 Wu Pureval mayoral wins mark milestone for Asian Americans AP NEWS 2021 11 02 Retrieved 2021 11 03 a b Edna Ione Smith Tyler business woman Worcester MA 1861 1930 Window On Your Past windowonyourpast com Retrieved 2017 10 16 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title List of first women lawyers and judges in Massachusetts amp oldid 1182026462, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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