List of first women lawyers and judges in New Mexico

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

  • Henrietta Hume Pettijohn Buck (1892):[1][2] First woman admitted to practice law in New Mexico
  • Nellie C. Brewer Pierce (1908):[2] First woman to actually practice law in New Mexico
  • Mary Coon Walters (1962):[3][4] First female appointed as a district court judge (1972), as well as a Justice of the New Mexico Supreme Court (1984)
  • Margaret Weldon Lamb (1969):[2] First female appointed as District Attorney in New Mexico (1978–1980)
  • Betty Ann Camunez (1972):[2] First Hispanic American female lawyer in New Mexico
  • Pamela B. Minzner (1972):[5] First female elected as the Chief Justice of the New Mexico Supreme Court (1999)
  • Patricia A. Madrid (1973):[2][6] First Mexican American female elected as the State Attorney General in New Mexico (1999). She was also the first woman elected as a judge of the Second Judicial District (1978). [Bernalillo County, New Mexico]
  • Petra F. Jimenez Maes (1973):[7] First Hispanic American female justice appointed as the Chief Justice of the New Mexico Supreme Court (2003)
  • M. Christina Armijo (1975):[8] First female appointed as a Judge of the New Mexico Court of Appeals (1996–2011)
  • Marie Roanhorse Neswood:[9] First female appointed as a Judge of the Navajo Nation Judicial Branch (1976–1989)
  • Carol Jean Vigil (c. 1977):[10] First Pueblo female lawyer in New Mexico. She was also the first Pueblo female appointed as a Judge of the First Judicial District (1998) in New Mexico.
  • Martha Vázquez (1978):[11] First female (and Latino American female) appointed as a Judge of the U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico (1993)
  • Susana Martinez (1986):[12] First Hispanic American female (a lawyer) to become the Governor of New Mexico (2011)
  • Mercedes C. Murphy:[13] First female Judge in the Seventh Judicial District (2014) [Catron County, Sierra County, Socorro County and Torrance County]

Firsts in local history

See also

References

  1. ↑ Weatherford, Doris (2012-01-20). Women in American Politics: History and Milestones. SAGE. ISBN 9781608710072.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "A Celebration of New Mexico's First Women Lawyers" (PDF). Presented by the New Mexico Women's Bar Association in Cooperation with the State Bar of New Mexico. Retrieved October 11, 2016.
  3. ↑ Association, New Mexico Women's Bar; Mexico, State Bar of New (2002). A celebration of New Mexico's first women lawyers: presented by the New Mexico Women's Bar Association with the State Bar of New Mexico. New Mexico Women's Bar Association.
  4. ↑ Singleton, Sarah M.; Profession, New Mexico State Bar Task Force on Women and the Legal; Mexico, State Bar of New (1991). Final report of the New Mexico State Bar Task Force on Women and the Legal Profession. State Bar of New Mexico.
  5. ↑ "Supreme Court Justice Minzner dead at 63". NMPolitics.net. Retrieved 2017-10-25.
  6. ↑ Bullis, Don (2011-07-01). New Mexico Historical Biographies. BookBaby. ISBN 9781936744909.
  7. ↑ "Justice Petra Jimenez Maes". nmcourts.sks.com. 2016-04-01. Retrieved 2018-01-20.
  8. ↑ National News. American Legion Auxiliary. 1995.
  9. ↑ (TNS), Noel Lyn Smith | The Daily Times, Farmington, N.M. "First woman judge for Navajo courts remembered". www.abqjournal.com. Retrieved 2018-01-10.
  10. ↑ Reports, Times Wire (2009-03-31). "Passings". Los Angeles Times. ISSN 0458-3035. Retrieved 2018-01-20.
  11. ↑ "Albuquerque Journal from Albuquerque, New Mexico on April 28, 1993 · Page 1". Newspapers.com. Retrieved 2018-01-19.
  12. ↑ Newton-Small, Jay. "Meet the First Hispanic Republican Female Governor". TIME.com. Retrieved 2018-05-30.
  13. ↑ "District Court Judges". seventhdistrictcourt.nmcourts.gov. Retrieved 2018-01-05.
  14. ↑ "Desert Exposure May 2010 Judge Edith Gutierrez". www.desertexposure.com. Retrieved 2018-02-09.
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