Home›Common Law Founders and Commentators›Pioneering Women in Common Law›All Pioneering Women in Common LawBrowse ByAll Pioneering Women in Common LawPioneering Women in Common Law gathers the jurists remembered as the first woman admitted to the bar, the first female judge, or the first female law graduate in their own country's common law tradition, a recurring biographical thread across the many common law jurisdictions of England, the Commonwealth and beyond wherever the legal profession first opened to women. Their careers mark a distinct and recurring milestone in the history of the common law profession worldwide, grouped together here as the report itself calls out for this exact subcategory and as the equivalent thread is grouped for the civil law tradition elsewhere in this wave.FactsAll Pioneering Women in Common LawSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsComparisonDefining CharacteristicWell-attestedWomen who pioneered entry into the common law legal profession, admitted to practice once statutes such as the UK Sex Disqualification (Removal) Act removed the bar on women. 1Formation YearWell-attested1919 CE 1All Pioneering Women in Common LawFilter Results23 entriesRoleAllAfrican-American lawyer (1)Barrister (1)Barrister and lawyer (1)Judge (1)Judge and barrister (1)Lawyer (3)Lawyer and Barrister (2)Lawyer and social activist (1)Lawyer and women's rights activist (1)Lawyer, academic and human rights activist (1)Lawyer, administrator and social critic (1)Lawyer, politician, educator, and author (1)Lawyer, social reformer and writer (1)Malawi-born lawyer and human and civil rights activist (1)Noted Indian feminist, social worker, educator and lawyer (1)Publisher and political activist (1)Retired jurist from Pakistan (1)Nationality or JurisdictionAllAmerican (5)Australia (1)Australian (1)Bangladeshi (2)British (2)Canadian (1)English (1)Indian (2)Israeli (1)Malawian (1)New Zealand (1)Nigerian (1)Pakistani (2)Sri Lankan (1)Legal SystemAllAustralian Law (2)English Law (1)Indian Legal System (3)Israeli Law (1)Law of Bangladesh (1)Law of Canada (1)Law of Nigeria (1)Law of Pakistan (2)Law of the United Kingdom (1)Law of the United States (5)New Zealand Law (1)Field of LawAllCivil / Private Law (3)Commercial and Business Law (1)Common Law (1)Criminal Law (4)Family Law (1)Human Rights Law (7)International Law (1)GenderAllFemale (22)Court Served OnAllCentral Criminal Court (Old Bailey) (1)Sindh High Court (1)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 23Arabella MansfieldCommon Law Founders and CommentatorsAvabai WadiaCommon Law Founders and CommentatorsBelva LockwoodCommon Law Founders and CommentatorsCharlotte E. RayCommon Law Founders and CommentatorsClara Brett MartinCommon Law Founders and CommentatorsClara Shortridge FoltzCommon Law Founders and CommentatorsCornelia SorabjiCommon Law Founders and CommentatorsEthel BenjaminCommon Law Founders and CommentatorsFolake SolankeCommon Law Founders and CommentatorsHelena NormantonCommon Law Founders and CommentatorsIrene GeffenCommon Law Founders and CommentatorsIvy WilliamsCommon Law Founders and CommentatorsLotika SarkarCommon Law Founders and CommentatorsMajida RizviCommon Law Founders and CommentatorsMary Tenison WoodsCommon Law Founders and CommentatorsMyra BradwellCommon Law Founders and CommentatorsRabia BhuiyanCommon Law Founders and CommentatorsRoma MitchellCommon Law Founders and CommentatorsRosa GinossarCommon Law Founders and CommentatorsRose HeilbronCommon Law Founders and CommentatorsSalma SobhanCommon Law Founders and CommentatorsSuman Pawan BodaniCommon Law Founders and CommentatorsVera ChirwaCommon Law Founders and CommentatorsSources1. Women in law (Wikipedia)tier 2WikipediaUnited Kingdom sectionQuote, United Kingdom sectionIt was not until 1919, with the passage of the Sex Disqualification (Removal) Act 1919 that women could enter the legal profession.View the SourceComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.