Dr Mary Redmond
Irish solicitor and founder of the Irish Hospice Foundation
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Rosemary Nelson
Irish human rights lawyer
Maria Pellegrina Amoretti
In 1777, after being rejected by the University of Turin, Maria Pellegrina Amoretti graduated at 21 in Iure utroque (civil and canon Law) at the University of Pavia, defending her doctoral theses.
Ethel Field
New Zealand community leader
Louise McKinney
Canadian politician, temperance and women’s rights activist, who made history as the first woman elected to a legislature in the British Empire.
Eulalie de Mandéville
Businesswoman and a prominent figure in New Orleans society during the early 19th century.
Ann Robertson
New Zealand businesswoman
Elizabeth Holtzman
American lawyer and politician. Holtzman served in the United States House of Representatives for New York’s 16th district from 1973 to 1981. She was also Kings County’s district attorney from 1982 to 1989 and New York City’s 40th Comptroller from 1990 to 1993.
Suzanne Bastid
Prominent French law professor with a specialization in international public law.
Cornelia Sorabji
Prominent Indian lawyer, social reformer, and writer.