Mary Belle Grossman
The first woman municipal judge in the U.S.
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Maddalena Canedi Noè
1800s Italian lawyer
Frances Kissell
The first woman appointed to the U.S. Attorney General’s Office, Frances Kissell served as an assistant U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts and a litigation attorney in the U.S. Small Business Administration for the New England Region.
Alice G McGee
Turn of the century American lawyer
Alice Parker Lesser
Turn of the century American lawyer
Esperanza Velázquez Bringas
Esperanza Velázquez Bringas, journalist, teacher and writer, is considered the pioneer of interviews conducted by women in Mexico.
Martine Rothblatt
Her long list of accomplishments includes creating and commercializing satellite radio, founding a biotechnology company that seeks to provide an unlimited supply of transplantable organs, setting world records for electric flight and delving deep into the future of artificial intelligence with her work on digital immortality.
Stacey Thompson
US Marine Corps veteran who received an “Other Than Honorable” discharge after reporting a sexual assault by a senior officer. After years of litigation, she received a discharge upgrade from Department of Defense.
Fay Kyle
Irish barrister
Joan Rosanove
Joan Rosanove battled prejudice against women in the Australian legal profession, and represented women who otherwise wouldn’t have had access to representation.