List of first women lawyers and judges in Nebraska

This is a list of the first women lawyer(s) and judge(s) in Nebraska. 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

  • Ada Bittenbender (1882):[1] First female lawyer in Nebraska
  • Zanzye H.A. Hill (1929):[2] First African American female lawyer in Nebraska
  • Elizabeth Davis Pittman (1949):[3][4][5] First female (and African American female) judge in Nebraska (1971)
  • Lindsey Miller-Lerman:[6] First female appointed as a Justice of the Nebraska Supreme Court (1998)

Firsts in local history

  • Janice Gradwohl:[6] First female judge in Lancaster County, Nebraska (1974)

See also

References

  1. ↑ Willard, Frances Elizabeth; Livermore, Mary Ashton Rice (1893). A Woman of the Century: Fourteen Hundred-seventy Biographical Sketches Accompanied by Portraits of Leading American Women in All Walks of Life. Moulton.
  2. ↑ Jr, J. Clay Smith (1999-01-01). Emancipation: The Making of the Black Lawyer, 1844–1944. University of Pennsylvania Press. ISBN 0812216857.
  3. ↑ "Fuller sense of our history". Omaha.com. Retrieved 2017-09-18.
  4. ↑ Smith, Jessie Carney (2012-12-01). Black Firsts: 4,000 Ground-Breaking and Pioneering Historical Events. Visible Ink Press. ISBN 9781578594245.
  5. ↑ Gless, Alan G. (2008). The History of Nebraska Law. Ohio University Press. ISBN 9780821417874.
  6. 1 2 Gradwohl, Janice (April 2000). "INCHING THROUGH THE GLASS CEILING: The History of the Selection of Women Judges in Nebraska" (PDF). Nebraska Lawyer.
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