Myrthes Gomes de Campos

Myrthes Gomes de Campos (1875-1965) was the first female lawyer in Brazil.[1][2][3] She completed law school in 1898, and in 1906 she was admitted to the Instituto dos Advogados do Brasil (Institute of Brazilian Lawyers) and allowed to practice law.[4]

Myrthes de Campos.

See also
  • List of first women lawyers by nationality

References
  1. "Mulheres que quebraram tabus no Brasil". Cursinhodapoli.net.br. Retrieved 2018-01-18.
  2. Ilan Rachum (17 November 2015). The Dismantling of Brazil's Old Republic: Early Twentieth Century Cultural Change, Intergenerational Cleavages, and the October 1930 Revolution. UPA. pp. 56–. ISBN 978-0-7618-6639-8.
  3. "Myrthes Gomes de Campos: primeira mulher a exercer a advocacia no Brasil - Tribunal de Justiça do Estado do Rio de Janeiro". tjrj.jus.br. Retrieved 2016-09-29.
  4. Buchanan, Kelly. "Women in History: Lawyers and Judges | In Custodia Legis: Law Librarians of Congress". Blogs.loc.gov. Retrieved 2018-01-18.
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