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American lawyer (1882–1964)

Winnie McLaughlin
BornAgnes Winifred McLaughlin
(1882-04-15)April 15, 1882
Coös County, New Hampshire, US
DiedOctober 29, 1964(1964-10-29) (aged 82)
Berlin, New Hampshire, US
OccupationLawyer

Agnes Winifred McLaughlin (1882–1964) was the first woman admitted to practice law in New Hampshire.

Early life and work

McLaughlin was born in Coös County, New Hampshire, on April 15, 1882, and she was raised in Lancaster, New Hampshire.

Becoming an attorney

McLaughlin petitioned the New Hampshire Supreme Court "that she may be allowed to take an examination with a view to admission". Her petition states she studied law under two different attorneys from 1911 until 1917 and at the University of Maine Law School. She became the first woman allowed to practice law in New Hampshire on June 30, 1917.

Career and death

She later worked in a new estate planning division at the Equitable Life Insurance Company. She died on October 29, 1964.

Legacy

The New Hampshire Women's Bar Association, in partnership with the University of New Hampshire Franklin Pierce School of Law, has created a scholarship given to a second year law student each year that is named in McLaughlin's honor.

See also

References

  1. "NH Women's Bar Association - Agnes Winifred McLaughlin". nhwba.org. Retrieved June 9, 2020.
  2. "Women's Legal History | Biographical Search". Women's Legal History. Retrieved June 9, 2020.
  3. Metcalf, Henry Harrison; Abbott, Frances Matilda (1919). One Thousand New Hampshire Notables: Brief Biographical Sketches of New Hampshire Men and Women, Native Or Resident, Prominent in Public, Professional, Business, Educational, Fraternal Or Benevolent Work. Rumford printing Company.
  4. Nilsen, Ella (June 2, 2017). "New Hampshire's female lawyers, judges reflect on 100 years of progress". Concord Monitor. Retrieved March 2, 2023.
  5. "N.H.'s First Woman Lawyer Dies in Hospital at Berlin". The Lewiston Daily Sun. Gorham, New Hampshire. October 30, 1964. p. 2. Retrieved March 2, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. "NH Women's Bar Association - Winnie McLaughlin Scholarship". www.nhwba.org. Retrieved June 11, 2020.
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