Events In History
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10 May 1897NZ's first woman barrister and solicitor appointedFollowing the passage of the Female Law Practitioners Act 1896, on 10 May 1897 Ethel Benjamin became the first woman to be admitted as a barrister and solicitor of the Supreme Court of New Zealand. Read more...
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Main image: Ethel Rebecca Benjamin
Ethel Benjamin (1875–1943) was the first woman to become a lawyer in New Zealand.