In honor of tomorrow's inaugural
#PennLawWomen Summit, here are some facts about Carrie Burnham Kilgore, the first woman to graduate from PennLaw:
š¹1881: First woman to gain admission to Penn Law after lobbying the administration for 10 years.
š¹1883: 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.
š¹1886: First woman admitted to the Pennsylvania Bar after petitioning the Pennsylvania General Assembly three times.
š¹1886: First woman to serve in a state judiciary and appointed to be a master in chancery in Pennsylvania.
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