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Wednesday, March 03, 2010

First woman admitted to practice before US Supreme Court

On March 3, 1879, Belva Lockwood became the first woman admitted to practice before the United States Supreme Court.



Learn more about women at the Supreme Court bar from the Supreme Court Historical Society.



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