# @penncareylaw on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/BDO5gptj31Z
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/16554277-penncareylaw-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2016-03-21T23:02:19.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School (@penncareylaw) — https://gondola.cc/penncareylaw

## Caption

In honor of tomorrow's inaugural #PennLawWomen Summit, here are some facts about Carrie Burnham Kilgore, the first woman to graduate from PennLaw:
🔹1881: First woman to gain admission to Penn Law after lobbying the administration for 10 years.
🔹1883: 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.
🔹1886: First woman admitted to the Pennsylvania Bar after petitioning the Pennsylvania General Assembly three times.
🔹1886: 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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lawyer, womenshistorymonth, pennlawlife, pennlawwomen, history, upenn, pennsylvaniabar, tbt, pennlaw, pabar, lawschool, pennsylvania

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