Winnie McLaughlin
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| Born | Agnes Winifred McLaughlin April 15, 1882 Coös County, New Hampshire, US |
| Died | October 29, 1964 (aged 82) Berlin, New Hampshire, US |
| Occupation | Lawyer |
Agnes Winifred McLaughlin (1882–1964) was the first woman admitted to practice law in New Hampshire.[1]
Early life and work
[edit]McLaughlin was born in Coös County, New Hampshire, on April 15, 1882,[2] and she was raised in Lancaster, New Hampshire.
Becoming an attorney
[edit]McLaughlin petitioned the New Hampshire Supreme Court "that she may be allowed to take an examination with a view to [bar] admission". Her petition states she studied law under two different attorneys from 1911 until 1917 and at the University of Maine Law School.[3] She became the first woman allowed to practice law in New Hampshire on June 30, 1917.[4]
Career and death
[edit]She later worked in a new estate planning division at the Equitable Life Insurance Company. She died on October 29, 1964.[5]
Legacy
[edit]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.[6]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "NH Women's Bar Association - Agnes Winifred McLaughlin". nhwba.org. Retrieved June 9, 2020.
- ^ "Women's Legal History | Biographical Search". Women's Legal History. Retrieved June 9, 2020.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Nilsen, Ella (June 2, 2017). "New Hampshire's female lawyers, judges reflect on 100 years of progress". Concord Monitor. Retrieved March 2, 2023.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "NH Women's Bar Association - Winnie McLaughlin Scholarship". www.nhwba.org. Retrieved June 11, 2020.