Women’s History Month: Arabella Mansfield – First Woman Lawyer In The United States.

Courtesy of womenhistoryblog.com – Arabella Mansfield (1846-1911) became America’s first woman lawyer when she was admitted to the Iowa bar in 1869. She was allowed to take the bar exam and passed with high scores, despite a state law restricting applicants to white males over the age of 21. Mansfield also became one of the



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