ILLINOIS WOMEN IN LAW
1869 - (Picture
of
Myra Bradwell sues the state of Illinois
to be admitted
Myra Bradwell) to the Bar. She
loses the case before the Illinois Supreme
Court. (photo courtesy of Illinois State Historical Society)
1870 - Ada Miser
Kepley graduates from Chicago University Law School (now
Northwestern School of Law), becoming the first woman law school
graduate in the United States.
1872 - The Illinois
legislature enacts a bill prohibiting sex discrimination in
employment.
1873 - Alta
M. Hulett becomes the first woman in Illinois to be admitted to the Bar.
1896 - Ida Platt
becomes the first black woman admitted to the Bar in Illinois.
1907 - Catherine McCullough
becomes the first woman elected as a Justice of the
Peace in Illinois.
1908 - First legal
sorority for women in the United States established at Chicago-
Kent College of Law.
1920 - Violet
Anderson is the first recognized black woman admitted to the
Bar in Illinois.
1923 -
Mary Bartelme becomes the first woman judge
in
(Picture of
Illinois, elected in the Circuit Court of Cook County.
Mary Bartelme) (photo courtesy of Mary Bartelme Papers, Special Collections,
University Library, University of Illinois at Chicago)
1992 - Justice
Mary Ann G. McMorrow becomes the first woman elected to the
Illinois Supreme Court.
SOCIETY OF WOMEN IN LAW
Chicago-Kent College of Law
Conference March 5th and 6th, 1998
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