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In honor of tomorrow's inaugural #PennLawWomen Summit, here are some facts about Carrie Burnham Kilgore, the first woman to graduate from PennLaw: šŸ”¹1881: First woman to gain admission to Penn Law after lobbying the administration for 10 years. šŸ”¹1883: First woman to graduate from Penn Law and one of the first women in the U.S. to graduate from a three-year law school program. šŸ”¹1886: First woman admitted to the Pennsylvania Bar after petitioning the Pennsylvania General Assembly three times. šŸ”¹1886: First woman to serve in a state judiciary and appointed to be a master in chancery in Pennsylvania. #pennlaw #upenn #womenshistorymonth #lawschool #pennlawlife #lawyer #tbt #history #pennsylvania #pabar #pennsylvaniabar

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