List of first women lawyers and judges in Oklahoma

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

  • Minerva K. Elliott Lentz (1893):[1] First female to pass the Oklahoma Territory Bar
  • Laura Lykins (1898):[2][3][4] First female (who was half-Shawnee) lawyer in Oklahoma
  • Grace Elmore Gibson:[1][5] First female judge in Oklahoma (1930)
  • Alma Wilson (1941):[6][7] First female appointed as a Justice of the Oklahoma Supreme Court (1982) and serve as its Chief Justice (1995)
  • Margaret Lamm:[8] First female Assistant County Attorney in Oklahoma
  • Susan Bragg:[9][10] First African American female judge in Oklahoma (1985)
  • Vicki Miles-LaGrange (1977):[11] First African American female to serve as the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Oklahoma (1993) and be appointed as a Judge of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma (1994)
  • Patricia MacGuigan:[1][12] First female appointed as a Judge of the Oklahoma Court of Civil Appeals (1982)
  • Rita M. Strubhar:[1][12] First female appointed as a Judge of the Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals (1993)
  • Claire Eagan:[1] First female appointed as a Judge of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma (2001)
  • Kimberly E. West:[1][13][12] First female appointed as a Judge of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma
  • Kay Floyd:[14] First openly LGBT female (a lawyer) elected to the Oklahoma House of Representatives (upon becoming a Member of the Oklahoma House of Representatives from the Forty-Sixth District in 2012)

Firsts in local history

Alphabetized by county name

  • Freddie "Fred" Andrews:[1] First female judge in Pontomac County, Oklahoma
  • Chloe Eunice Passly Dilday:[1] First female judge in Washington County, Oklahoma

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 DeLacerda, Melissa; Trotter, Patsy. "OKLAHOMA'S WOMEN LAWYERS". Oklahoma Women's Almanac. pp. 39–47.
  2. ↑ Weatherford, Doris (2012-01-20). Women in American Politics: History and Milestones. SAGE Publications. ISBN 9781608710072.
  3. ↑ Weatherford, Doris (2012-01-20). Women in American Politics: History and Milestones. SAGE. ISBN 9781608710072.
  4. ↑ The Independent. proprietors. 1898.
  5. ↑ "Corsicana Daily Sun from Corsicana, Texas on April 13, 1936 · Page 3". Newspapers.com. Retrieved 2018-02-01.
  6. ↑ "High Court Justice Alma Wilson Dies". NewsOK.com. 1999-07-28. Retrieved 2018-02-01.
  7. ↑ "Oklahoma Women's Hall of Fame Inductees by Year". library.okstate.edu. Retrieved 2018-02-01.
  8. ↑ The Oklahoma Bar Journal. Oklahoma Bar Association. 1997.
  9. ↑ Inc, The Crisis Publishing Company (2005). The Crisis. The Crisis Publishing Company, Inc.
  10. ↑ The Crisis. Crisis Publishing Company. 2005.
  11. ↑ "Judge Miles-LaGrange Inducted into Oklahoma Hall of Fame - Vassar, the Alumnae/i Quarterly". vq.vassar.edu. Retrieved 2018-01-19.
  12. 1 2 3 "Federal district court salutes 18 women for firsts in nation, Oklahoma". NewsOK.com. 2011-03-27. Retrieved 2018-02-01.
  13. ↑ "Kimberly E. West. Magistrate Judge | Eastern District of Oklahoma | United States District Court". www.oked.uscourts.gov. Retrieved 2018-02-01.
  14. ↑ "Kay Floyd wins runoff, set to become Oklahoma's 1st lesbian legislator". Dallas Voice. August 29, 2012.
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