List of first women lawyers and judges in Delaware

This is a list of the first women lawyer(s) and judge(s) in Delaware. It includes the year in which the women were admitted to practice law (in parentheses). Also included are women who achieved other distinctions such becoming the first in their state to obtain a law degree or become a political figure.

Firsts in state history

  • Evangilyn Barsky and Sybil Ward (1923):[1] First female lawyers in Delaware
  • Roxana Cannon Arsht (1941):[2] First female judge in Delaware (1971)
  • Carolyn Berger (1976):[3] First female appointed as a Judge of the Court of Chancery (1984) and Justice of the Delaware Supreme Court (1994)
  • Paulette Sullivan Moore (1977):[4] First African American female lawyer in Delaware
  • Nivea Castro (c. 1980):[5] First Puerto Rican female lawyer in Delaware
  • Haile L. Alford:[6][7] First African American female judge in Delaware (1992)

Firsts in local history

  • Battle Robinson (1971):[8] First female lawyer in Sussex County, Delaware

See also

References

  1. ↑ Paradee, Jacqueline P. (Fall 1993). "Delaware's First Women Lawyers: The Flow of Acceptability" (PDF). Delaware Lawyer, 11:3. Retrieved October 6, 2016.
  2. ↑ "Roxana Cannon Arsht, Delaware's first female judge". Retrieved 2018-01-03.
  3. ↑ "Del. Supreme Court Justice Berger to retire". USA TODAY. Retrieved 2018-02-02.
  4. ↑ "Black Women in Delaware's History". www1.udel.edu. Retrieved 2016-10-08.
  5. ↑ "Defying the Stereotype, a Latina Lawyer's Rite of Passage by Nivea Castro - Wendy Angulo Productions". www.wendyanguloproductions.com. Retrieved 2018-02-17.
  6. ↑ "Investiture of the Honorable Haile L. Alford" (PDF). 1992.
  7. ↑ "History: Our Judicial Officers - About Us - Superior Court - Delaware Courts - State of Delaware". courts.delaware.gov. Retrieved 2018-02-02.
  8. ↑ DeMatteis, Claire M. (2014). "WOMEN AND THE DELAWARE BAR AND BENCH: IT TAKES GENERATIONS". Delaware Law Review. 14: 125.
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