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词条 List of first women lawyers and judges in Massachusetts
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  1. Firsts in state history

      Lawyers    Judicial Officers    State    Judges    Trial Court    Superior Court    Probate and Family Court    Appellate Court    Supreme Judicial Court    Federal    District Court    Attorneys General    Assistant Attorney General    United States Attorney    District Attorney    Bar Association  

  2. Firsts in local history

      Berkshire County    Bristol County    Franklin County    Hampden County    Hampshire County    Middlesex County    Norfolk County    Suffolk County    Worcester County  

  3. See also {{anchor}}

  4. Other topics of interest

  5. References {{anchor}}

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 obtain a law degree or become a political figure.

Firsts in state history

Lawyers

  • Lelia J. Robinson (1882):[1] First female lawyer in Massachusetts {{anchor}}
  • Anna Christy Fall (1891):[2] First female lawyer to argue a case before a jury in Massachusetts
  • Margaret M. McChesney (1921):[3][4] First female lawyer to appear before the full bench of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (1926)
  • Branche E. Braxton (1923):[5] First African American female lawyer in Massachusetts. She is also the first African American female lawyer to practice in the United States District Court in Massachusetts in 1933.
  • Jacqueline R. Guild Lloyd (1933):[5] First African American female lawyer to follow her father to the bar and practice law with him

Judicial Officers

State

Judges
  • Emma Fall Schofield (1908) and Sadie Lipner Shulman (1911):[2] First female judges in Massachusetts (1930)
  • Ethel E. Mackiernan (c. 1918):[6][7][8] First female appointed to a full judgeship and become a presiding judge in Massachusetts (c. 1930s)
  • Margaret Burnham:[9][10] First African American female judge in Massachusetts (1977)
  • María López (1978):[2][11] First Latino American female judge in Massachusetts (1988)
  • Sabita Singh (1990):[12] First Indian American female judge in Massachusetts
  • Debra Shopteese:[13] First Native American (Sac and Fox Nation) female judge in Massachusetts (2011)
  • Eleanor Coe Sinnott:[14] First Korean American female judge in Massachusetts (2014)
Trial Court
Superior Court
  • Jennie Loitman Barron (c. 1914):[15] First female Associate Judge of the Massachusetts Superior Court (c. 1959)
Probate and Family Court
  • Judith Nelson Dilday (1974):[2] First African American female appointed as a Judge of the Massachusetts Probate and Family Court (1993)
Appellate Court
  • Charlotte Anne Perretta:[16] First female to serve as a Judge of the Massachusetts Appeals Court (1978)
  • Geraldine Hines:[17] First African American female to serve as a Judge of the Massachusetts Appeals Court (2013)
Supreme Judicial Court
  • Ruth Abrams:[18] First female to serve as a Justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (1978)
  • María López (1978):[2][11] First Latino American female to serve as a Justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (1993)
  • Margaret H. Marshall:[19] First female to serve as the Chief Justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (1999)
  • Barbara Lenk (1979):[20] First openly LGBT female appointed as a Justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (2011)

Federal

District Court
  • Indira Talwani (1988):[21] First Asian Pacific American female appointed as a Judge of the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts (2014)
  • Denise J. Casper (1994):[22] First African American female appointed as a Judge of the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts

Attorneys General

  • Martha Coakley (c. 1979):[23] First female serve as the Attorney General of Massachusetts (2007-2015)
  • Maura Healey (1998):[24] First openly LGBT female to serve as the Attorney General of Massachusetts (2015)

Assistant Attorney General

  • Emma Fall Schofield (1908):[25][26][27] First female Assistant Attorney General in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts

United States Attorney

  • Carmen Ortiz (1981):[28] First female (and Hispanic American female) to be appointed as the U.S. Attorney for Massachusetts (2009)

District Attorney

  • Elizabeth “Betsy” Scheibel:[29] First female to become a District Attorney in Massachusetts (1993)
  • Rachael Rollins:[30] First African American female to become a District Attorney in Massachusetts (2018)

Bar Association

  • Alice E. Richmond:[31] First female to serve as the President of the State Bar of Massachusetts (1986-1987)

Firsts in local history

Alphabetized by county name

Berkshire County

  • Harriet L. Kilbourne (1897):[32] First female admitted to the Berkshire County Bar Association [Berkshire County, Massachusetts]
  • Andrea Harrington:[33] First female District Attorney for Berkshire County, Massachusetts (2018)

Bristol County

  • Mary E. Hyde:[34] First female lawyer in Fall River, Massachusetts [Bristol County, Massachusetts]

Franklin County

  • Elizabeth “Betsy” Scheibel:[29] First female to serve as the District Attorney for the Northwestern District in Massachusetts (1993) [Franklin and Hampshire Counties, Massachusetts]

Hampden County

  • Elvah H. Young (1899):[35] First female lawyer in Hampden County, Massachusetts

Hampshire County

  • Elizabeth “Betsy” Scheibel:[29] First female to serve as the District Attorney for the Northwestern District in Massachusetts (1993) [Franklin and Hampshire Counties, Massachusetts]

Middlesex County

  • Martha Coakley (c. 1979):[23] First female District Attorney for Middlesex County, Massachusetts
  • Haben Girma (2013):[36] First deafblind graduate (who is also female and of Eritrean-Ethiopian descent) of Harvard Law School [Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts]

Norfolk County

  • Anna E. Hirsch:[37] First female (a lawyer) elected as the Registrar of Probate in Norfolk County, Massachusetts (1954)

Suffolk County

  • Gene D. Dahmen:[38] First female President of the Boston Bar Association (1987-1988) [Suffolk County, Massachusetts]
  • Rachael Rollins:[30] First female (and African American female) to become a District Attorney for Suffolk County, Massachusetts (2018)

Worcester County

  • Stephanie Grant (1908):[49] First female admitted to the Worchester Bar Association
  • Addie Gillette (1897):[39] First female lawyer to actually practice in Worchester County, Massachusetts

See also {{anchor}}

  • List of first women lawyers and judges in the United States
  • Timeline of women lawyers in the United States
  • Women in law

Other topics of interest

  • List of first minority male lawyers and judges in the United States
  • List of first minority male lawyers and judges in Massachusetts

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