Arabella Mansfield

Arabella Mansfield

Arabella Mansfield (May 23, 1846 – August 2, 1911), née Belle Aurelia Babb, became the first female lawyer in the United States when she was admitted to the Iowa bar in 1869.

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* [http://search.eb.com/women/article-9050613 Encyclopædia Britannica entry]


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  • America’s first woman admitted to the bar was — Arabella Mansfield of Iowa on June 15, 1869, when the admitting judge ruled that the word men in the state law meant men and/or women. Mrs. Mansfield never actively practiced but served as a professor at Iowa Wesleyan and later DePauw. Nolo’s… …   Law dictionary

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