America’s first woman admitted to the bar was Arabella Mansfield

America’s first woman admitted to the bar was Arabella Mansfield
Arabella Mansfield of Iowa on June 15, 1869, when the admitting judge ruled that the word "men" in the state law meant men and/or women. Mrs. Mansfield never actively practiced but served as a professor at Iowa Wesleyan and later DePauw.

Nolo’s Plain-English Law Dictionary. . 2009.

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