Jeanne Chauvin, who lived from April 22, 1862, to September 7, 1926, was a French lawyer and one of the first women to practice law in France. Born in Jargeau, she earned a doctoral degree in law from the Faculty of Law of Paris in 1890, becoming the second woman in France to hold that degree, and completed a further doctoral thesis in 1892 on women access to the professions. Her 1897 application for admission to the Paris bar was initially rejected, but a law passed on December 1, 1900, opened the profession of advocate to women holding a law degree, and Chauvin took her oath before the Court of Appeal of Paris on December 19, 1900, thirteen days after Olga Petit, making her the second woman authorized to practice law in France. She made her first court appearance on January 21, 1901, before the ninth chamber of the Criminal Court, spent much of her career teaching law to secondary school girls and representing unmarried mothers seeking child support, and was made a Knight of the Legion of Honour in January 1926.
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Her application to be sworn in as a lawyer was at first rejected, but after the law she wrote was accepted in 1900, she was the second French woman to be authorized to plead at the bar (after Olga Petit.) Certain resources still identify Chauvin as the first female lawyer in France's history because she was the first to plead in court.
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Jeanne Chauvin (22 April 1862 - 7 September 1926) was the second woman to obtain a doctoral degree in law in France in 1890 (after Sarmiza Bilcescu in 1888). Her application to be sworn in as a lawyer was at first rejected, but after the law she wrote was accepted in 1900, she was the second French woman to be authorized to plead at the bar (after Olga Petit.) Certain resources still identify Chauvin as the first female lawyer in France's history because she was the first to plead in court.
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occupation/position claim resolves to: Jurist and Lawyer
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P569 (date of birth): 1862
Wikidata Q3176008, P569 date of birth claim (full date)
P569 (date of birth): 1862-04-22
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P570 (date of death): 1926
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P570 (date of death): 1926-09-27
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P19 (place of birth): Jargeau
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P20 (place of death): Provins
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