UNIT D: BLOG 38

BLOG 38:

Women of the Judiciary

The woman that I picked was Florance Ellinwood Allen: the first Lady of Law. She graduated with honors from New York Law School. She was the first woman as a county prosecuting attorney. She was the first women to argue in from of the Supreme Court. She was the first woman to be elected to a state trail court. The first woman to preside over a first degree murder trial. She was the first women to be appointed to the federal court at the United States Court of Appeals the 6th Circuit. I picked her because of all the strides that she made. She was a successful, powerful, and is an example of how far women could go and where the are going to go.

Women in the Practice of Law
The woman I picked for this was Myra Bradwell. She was another great pioneer in her field. In the 1870s she was one of five woman lawyers in the country. Her husband was a lawyer and after being around it and reading law she took the test in Chicago and passed the bar. The only problem with this was that she was denied her admission because she was married. She then took her won case to the United States Supreme court where she won the case. She was then given her license.