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.
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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.
Marie Fleming
Irish campaigner for assisted suicide
Frances Moran
Irish university teacher and lawyer
Bernice Lake
Dame Bernice Lake QC was a distinguished Anguillan jurist and legal scholar. In 1985, she became the first Eastern Caribbean woman appointed Queen’s Counsel.
Bettisia Gozzadini
Bettisia Gozzadini studied philosophy and law at the Studium of Bologna in the 1200s and taught law at her home. after graduating.