Helen Steinbinder

She was born as Helen Elsie Steinbinder in New York City, New York, to a middle class family. Her parents were Charles Steinbinder, an upholsterer and Mary Benis. They came from Hungary to the United States.[2]

She graduated in Manhattanville College. After that she continued her education at the Columbia University where she achieved a Masters of Library Science degree. Then she graduated with a Doctorate of Law from Georgetown University Law School in 1954.[3] [4] [5] She was part of the first female class where she and Katherine Rutherford Keener were the first women in the so called "afternoon class" 1952-1953 to receive a Juris Doctor degree.[6][7] Helen Steinbinder and Mabel Dole Haden were the first women to receive a Master of Law (LL.M.) degree in 1956.[8] [9][10]

She then went on to be the first female Law Professor at Georgetown Law School teaching her first course in 1957.[11][12] [13] [14] [15] She taught classes in real estate and property and worked also as a faculty adviser for Res Ipsa Loquitur (since 1994 as Georgetown Law Journal)[16] - a student newspaper and alumni magazine of Georgetown University.[17][18][19] She retired in 1988 and died on 2 July 2015.[20]

She lived most of her life in Butler, New Jersey, where she was a supporter of St. Anthony Church School.

• U.C. Davis law review (2002), Volume 36, Edition 1-3 - University of California
• Alumni Notes (1947), Volumes 8-9 - University of Michigan. Dept. of Library Science