Rozālija Purgāle (May 1, 1904 - March 2, 1984) was the first female judge in Latvia. From 1923, she studied at the Faculty of Economics and Law at the University of Latvia. In 1933, she worked as Deputy Attorney General of the Latgale Regional Court and in the same year, she was appointed as a magistrate and worked as a judge until the occupation of Latvia in 1940.
References
- "Latvijas pēdas pasaulē: Rozālija Purgale – pirmā tiesnese-sieviete Latvijā". Jun 2016.
- Leonards Lapin̦š, Latvijas universitāte. Tiesību zinātn̦u nodal̦a. Latvijas Universitātes Tautsaimniecības un tiesību zinātn̦u fakultātes Tiesību zinātn̦u nodal̦as absolventu dzīves un darba gaitas: (1919-1944). Senatora Augusta Lēbera Fonds, 1999.
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