Events In History
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10 May 1897NZ's first woman barrister and solicitor appointedFollowing the passage of the Female Law Practitioners Act 1896, Ethel Benjamin became the first woman to be admitted as a barrister and solicitor of the Supreme Court of New Zealand. Read more...
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Main image: Ethel Rebecca Benjamin
Ethel Benjamin (1875–1943) was the first woman to become a lawyer in New Zealand.