List of first women lawyers and judges by nationality
This is a list of the female lawyer to practice in each country, where that is known. The dates given in parentheses below are the dates the women graduated from law school.
Africa
- Algeria: Blanche Azouley (1908)[1]
- Angola: Maria de Carmo Medina (1948)[2]
- Benin: Lydia Russel (Osula)[3]
- Botswana: Unity Dow[4] (First female law student at the then University of Botswana and Swaziland; Co-founder of the first all-female law practice Dow, Malakaila; First female judge of the High Court)
- Cameroon: Alice Nkom (1969)[5]
- Chad: Delphine Djiraibe; Jacqueline Moudeina[6] (Two of Chad's first-ever female lawyers)[7]
- Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaire)/Congo: Viviane Bikuba Cibalonza[8] (First female lawyer from the ancient South Kivu region)
- Egypt: Naima Ilyas al-Ayyubi (1933)[9]
- Gabon: Marylise Issembé[10] (First woman lawyer registered in Gabon's Libreville Bar)
- Ghana: Annie Ruth Jiagge (1950)[11]
- Kenya: Kalpana Rawal[12] (c. 1978) (First woman to set up a law practice in Kenya)
- Liberia: Angie Elizabeth Brooks (1953)[13]
- Malawi: Vera Chirwa (1959)[14]
- Mauritania: Fatimata M’baye (c. 1985)[15]
- Mauritius: Saheda Peeroo (1972)[16] (First Muslim woman lawyer)
- Morocco: Helene Cazes Benatar (c. 1929)[17]
- Mozambique: Gita Honwana Welch[18] (First female academic lawyer)
- Namibia: Bene Gwanes[19]
- Niger: Fati Lami Abubakar (c. 1975)[20]
- Nigeria: Miss Stella Thomas (Mrs. Marke) (1930);[21] Aloma Mariam Mukhtar (1967)[22] (First woman lawyer in Northern Nigeria); Hauwa Ibrahim (c. 1999)[23] (First Muslim woman lawyer in the Yamaltu District in the Gombe State, Nigeria)
- Senegal: Mama Bassine Niang (1975)[24]
- Seychelles: Danielle Rassool (c. 1970s)[25]
- Sierra Leone: Frances Claudia Wright (1943)
- Somalia: Ifrah Aden Omar[26] (Until 2007, she was the sole practicing female lawyer in Somaliland)
- South Africa: Irene Antoinette Geffen (1923);[27] Desiree Finca (1967) (First Black woman lawyer);[28] Navanethem Pillay (1967)[29] (First woman to start a law practice in the Natal Province)
- Swaziland: Qinisile Mabuza (1978)[30]
- Tunisia: Juliet Goldmann (1920)[31]
- Uganda: Princess Elizabeth Christobel Edith Bagaaya Akiiki of Toro (1965)
- United Republic of Tanzania/Zanzibar: Julie Manning[32]
- Zambia: J. J. McGrowther (c. 1950s)[33] (First female barrister when the country was known as Northern Rhodesia); Lombe P. Chibesakunda (1969)[34] (First Zambian woman lawyer)
- Zimbabwe: Phyllis Mackendrick (c. 1928)[35] (First woman attorney when the country was known as Rhodesia)
Asia
- Afghanistan: Maria Bashir[36]
- Bahrain: Haya Rashed Al-Khalifa
- Bangladesh: Rabia Bhuiyan[37]
- Brunei: Hayati Salleh (First Brunei Malay woman called to the English Bar)[38]
- China: Tcheng Yu-hsui;[39] Yanggim[40] (First female lawyer in Tibet); Patricia Loseby[41] (First woman admitted as a solicitor in Hong Kong)
- India: Cornelia Sorabji[42]
- Indonesia: Ani Manoppo[43]
- Iran: Mehrangiz Manuchehrian[44]
- Iraq: Sabiha al-Shaykh Da’ud[45]
- Israel: Rosa Ginossar (Ginzburg) (1930)Cite error: The
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- Jordan: Emily Bisharat[47]
- Kuwait: Dr. Badria Al Awadhi[48] (First woman to study law in Kuwait)
- Malaysia: May Buong Yo Lau Oh[49]
- Maldives: Mariya Ahmed Didi
- Myanmar (Burma): Daw Phwar Hmee (1929)[50] (First Burmese woman barrister)
- Nepal: Silu Singh;[51] Mohna Ansari (2003)[52] (First female Muslim lawyer)
- Pakistan: Salma Sobhan (1959)
- Palestine: Freda Slutzkin (1930)[53]
- Philippines: Natividad Almeda-Lopez;[54] Maria Francisco de Villacerna[55] (First woman lawyer from Pampanga)
- Qatar: Haifa al-Bakr[56]
- Saudi Arabia: Bayan Mahmoud Al-Zahran[57]
- Singapore: Teo Soon Kim[58] (First Singaporean woman admitted to the bar in the Straits Settlement)
- Sri Lanka: Ezlynn Deraniyagala; Avabai Bomanji Wadia (1934)[59] (First Sri Lankan woman to pass the bar examination, but could not find employment as an attorney)
- Thailand: Khunying Ram Phrommobon Bunyaprasop[60]
- Turkey: tr:Süreyya Ağaoğlu
- United Arab Emirates (UAB): Wedad Huda Azhari Doleh[61] (First woman lawyer in Dubai)
- Uzbekistan: Khaditcha Suleymanova[62]
- Vietnam: Trai Le[63] (First female attorney in Central Vietnam); Madame Nguyen Phuoc Dai[64] (First female lawyer under the South Vietnamese government)
- Yemen: Shada Nasser[65]
Australia and Oceania
- American Samoa: Rose L. Hoffer[66]
- Australia: Flos Greig[67] (First woman to practice law); Linda Lovett[68] (First Aboriginal female lawyer in Victoria); Sally Gearin[69] (First female member of the bar in the Northern Territory)
- French Polynesia (France): Denise Goupil (1961)[70]
- Guam (USA): Elizabeth Barrett-Anderson (c. 1979)[71] (First Chamorro woman lawyer to practice law)
- Marshall Islands: Rosalie Konou (1983)[72]
- Micronesia: Beuleen Carl;[73] Janet Haley Weeks[74] (First appointed to the Guam bar)
- New Zealand: Ethel Benjamin; Georgina TeHeuHeu[75] (First Maori woman lawyer)
- Palau: Ernestine Rengiil[76] (First Palauan woman in Palua bar)
- Papua New Guinea: Meg Taylor[77]
- Tonga: Ana Kata Nau[78]
- Vanuatu: Heather Lini-Leo Matas[79] (First indigenous female lawyer)
Europe
- Austria: Marianne Beth (1922)[80]
- Belarus: Isabella Martsinovich[81] (First female Doctor of Laws in Belarus)
- Belgium: Marie Popelin[82] (First woman to practice law, but denied the ability to do so)
- Bosnia and Herzegovina: Dr. Mira Gavrilovich[83]
- Bulgaria: Vera Zlatareva (1945)[84]
- Croatia: Ingrid Anticevic Marinovic (1984)[85] (First woman lawyer to practice in Zadar)
- Cyprus: Stella Cacoyannis-Soulioti (1951)[86]
- Czech Republic: Anny Maas (1938)[87]
- Denmark: Dr. Henny Petersen[88]
- Estonia: E. Zimmermann (1922)[89]
- Finland: Agnes Lundell (1911)[90]
- France: Olga Petit (1900);[91] Sarmisa Bilcesco[92] (First woman to graduate with a law degree)
- Georgia: Nino Kipiani[93]
- Germany: Anita Augsburg (1922)
- Greece: Efharis Petridou
- Hungary: Ilonka Hajnal[94]
- Iceland: is:Auður Auðuns (1935)
- Ireland: Mary Dorothea Heron (1923);[95] Celia Otubu (2012)[96] (First Black woman called to the Irish Bar)
- Italy: Lidia Poët[97]
- Kosovo: Nekibe Kelmendi (1974)[98] (First Albanian woman defense lawyer in Kosovo)
- Latvia: In 1931, an unknown female attorney was sworn in.[99]
- Lithuania: Liuda Vienožinskaitė-Purėnienė (1917)[100]
- Luxembourg: Marguerite Welter (1923)[101]
- Malta: Joanna Digiorgio (1949)[102]
- Moldova: ro:Eugenia Cruşevan
- Netherlands: Adolphine Kok;[103] Elisabeth van Dorp[104] (First woman to earn a degree, but did not practice)
- Norway: Elise Sem;[105] Marie Katrine Doll[106] (First woman to earn a law degree, but did not practice)
- Poland: Helena Wiewiorska
- Portugal: Regina Quintelitza[107]
- Romania: Ella Negruzzi;[108] Sarmisa Bilcesco[109] (First woman to register with the Romanian bar but did not practice)
- Russia: Anna Evreinova[110]
- Scotland: Margaret Kidd, First woman admitted to the Scottish bar[111]
- Serbia: Marija Milutinović-Punktatorka[112]
- Slovakia: In 1931, an unknown woman became the country's first female attorney.[113]
- Spain: Victoria Kent[114]
- Sweden: Eva Andén and Mathilda Stael von Holstein[115] (First two Swedish women to practice law); Elsa Eschelsson (First Swedish woman to earn a doctorate in law, but committed suicide when she could not find employment)[116]
- Switzerland: Emilie Kempin-Spyri[117] (First woman to graduate with a law degree, but denied the ability to practice law)
- United Kingdom: Carrie Morrison, first female English solicitor;[118] Ivy Williams, first female called to the English bar;[119] Helena Normanton, first female barrister; Brikena Muharremi (2003)[120] (First Albanian woman to qualify at the UK bar)
- Vatican City (Holy See): Silvia Monica Correale;[121] Holy See: Maria Voce[122]
North America
- Antigua and Barbuda: E. Ann Henry[123]
- Bahamas: Patricia Cole Cozzi[124]
- Barbados: Norma E. Maynard-Marshall[125]
- Belize: Hadie Goldson;[126] Zoila Ellis-Browne[127] (First Garifuna woman to become a lawyer in Belize)
- Bermuda (UK): Lois Browne-Evans[128]
- British Virgin Islands (UK): Dancia Penn[129]
- Canada: Clara Brett Martin; Sandra Kunuk Inutiq[130] (First Inuk woman to work as a lawyer in Nunuvat); Olga Chumak[131] (First woman lawyer of Ukrainian descent to practice in Canada); Greta Grant[132] (First woman lawyer of Chinese ancestry in Canada); Stella Panarites[133] (First woman lawyer of Greek ancestry in Canada); Mabel French[134] (First woman called to the bar in British Columbia); Frances Fish[135] (First woman lawyer in Nova Scotia); Violet King Henry (1954)[136] (First female Black lawyer)
- Cayman Islands (UK): Adrianne Webb[137]
- Costa Rica: Ángela Acuña Braun
- Cuba: Rosa Anders[138] (Among the first female attorneys in Cuba)
- Dominica: Mary Eugenia Charles[139]
- Dominican Republic: Minerva Argentina Mirabal[140] (First woman accepted into law school, but denied the right to practice law despite earning her diploma)
- El Salvador: Alma Paredes Delgado[141]
- Greenland (Denmark): Agnete Weis Bentzon[142] (First female lawyer to perform a legal expedition in Greenland)
- Guadeloupe (France): Gerty Archimede[143]
- Guatemala: Graciela Quan[144]
- Haiti: Ertha Pascal-Trouillot[145]
- Honduras: Alba Alonso de Quesada[146]
- Jamaica: Lily Tai Ten Quee[147]
- Kiribati: Pole Atanraoi Awerika (Bole Atanraoi)[148][149]
- Mexico: María Asunción Sandoval de Zarco (1898)[150]
- Montserrat (UK): Elizabeth Constance Griffin[151]
- Northern Mariana Islands (USA): Ramona Manglona[152]
- Nicaragua: Olga Núñez Abaunza
- Panama: Clara Gonzalez[153]
- Puerto Rico (US): Nilita Vientós Gaston[154]
- Saint Lucia: Beryl Lydia Edwards[155]
- Trinidad and Tobago: Gladys Eileen Ramsaran (1932)[156] (First woman admitted to the bar); Mona Rigsby James (1939)[157] (First native-born female barrister)
- United States: Arabella Mansfield
- United States Virgin Islands (US): Edith Bornn[158] (First woman attorney to open a law practice in St. Thomas)
South America
- Argentina: María Angélica Barreda (1909)
- Bolivia: Elsa Paredes de Salazar[159]
- Brazil: Myrthes Gomes de Campos (1898)[160]
- Chile: Matilde Throup
- Colombia: Gabriela Pelaez (Echeverri) (1936)[161][162]
- Ecuador: Obdulia Romelia Moon[163]
- Guyana: Helen Sirdir (1978)[164] (First Guyanese woman lawyer); Ena Luckhoo[165] (First female lawyer of Indian descent in Guyana)
- Paraguay: Serafina Dávalos
- Peru: Rosa Perez Liendo (1921)[166]
- Suriname: In 1933, an unknown woman became the country's first female attorney.[167]
- Uruguay: Clothilde Luisi[168]
- Venezuela: Luisa Amelia Perez Perozo[169]
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