List of American women lawyers and judges in Indiana From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This is a list of the first women lawyer(s) and judge(s) in Indiana. 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.
First female president (Indianapolis Bar Association): Mary Y. Marsh in 1988[26]
First African American female president (Indianapolis Bar Association): Cynthia J. Ayers in 2006[26]
Helen Hironimus was appointed by the U. S. Attorney General to be Supt. of new Federal Reformatory for Women at Alderson, West Virginia, here on December 14, 1939.
Carina Warrington (1915):[27] First female lawyer in Allen County, Indiana
Mary Harper:[51] First female to serve as the Deputy Prosecutor and Chief Deputy Prosecutor (1975-1981), a Superior Court Judge (1984), and a Judge of the Circuit Court (1996) in Porter County, Indiana
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