María Asunción Sandoval de Zarco

María Asunción Sandoval de Zarco (born c. 1876) became the first female lawyer in Mexico in 1898.^[1] She was also the first female law school graduate.^[2] She had to practice civil law instead of criminal law because she was a woman.^[2] In 1904, she and Laura María Soto de Bolaños Torres, Luz Fernández, widow de Herrera, Lidia Fernández de la Peña, Emilia Salgado, Columba Rivera, Luz Valle David, and María Díaz founded a feminist society called the Society for the Protection of Women, "dedicated to the physical, intellectual and moral improvement of woman, the cultivation of the sciences, fine arts and business and mutual support."^[3] María Asunción Sandoval de Zarco was the society's first president.^[3]

References

↑ "Women in History: Lawyers and Judges | In Custodia Legis: Law Librarians of Congress". Buchanan, Kelly. blogs.loc.gov. 2015-03-06. Retrieved 2017-09-21.
1 2 Philip Russell (6 April 2011). The History of Mexico: From Pre-Conquest to Present. Routledge. pp. 252–. ISBN 978-1-136-96828-0.
1 2 Mílada Bazant (27 March 2018). Laura Méndez de Cuenca: Mexican Feminist, 1853–1928. University of Arizona Press. pp. 117–. ISBN 978-0-8165-3763-1.

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[1] "Women in History: Lawyers and Judges | In Custodia Legis: Law Librarians of Congress". Buchanan, Kelly. blogs.loc.gov. 2015-03-06. Retrieved 2017-09-21.

[Russell2011-2] 1 2 Philip Russell (6 April 2011). The History of Mexico: From Pre-Conquest to Present. Routledge. pp. 252–. ISBN 978-1-136-96828-0.

[Bazant2018-3] 1 2 Mílada Bazant (27 March 2018). Laura Méndez de Cuenca: Mexican Feminist, 1853–1928. University of Arizona Press. pp. 117–. ISBN 978-0-8165-3763-1.