Law Schools

The Law School That Finally Opened Their Doors To Women

An important first for women and the law.

In 1869 what law school did Lemma Barkeloo and Phoebe Couzins, the first women admitted to law school, begin attending?

Hint: Barkeloo was previous rejected from Columbia Law School, with Columbia trustee George Templeton Strong writing of her application, “No woman shall degrade herself by practicing law … if I can save her.”

See the answer on the next page.

1 2Next »