Maria Elisabeth "Lisa" Ekedahl (16 July 1895

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- 18 January 1980

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) was a Swedish lawyer and campaigner for women's suffrage. She was one of the first women in

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who worked with law. Lisa Ekedahl started as a secretary at

Eva Andén Eva Johanna Andén (23 April 1886 – 26 March 1970) was a Swedish lawyer. She became the first woman member of the Swedish Bar Association on 14 March 1918. Life Eva Andén was born to the merchant Heribert Andén and Elin Forssman. In 1907, sh ...

's law firm around 1920, but she had not been allowed by her family to take the

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, so she never received a law degree. Nevertheless, she worked with law at Eva Andén's law firm throughout her professional life.

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