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This is a list of the first women lawyer(s) and judge(s) in
Hawaii
Hawaii ( ; haw, Hawaii or ) is a state in the Western United States, located in the Pacific Ocean about from the U.S. mainland. It is the only U.S. state outside North America, the only state that is an archipelago, and the only state ...
. It includes the year in which the women were admitted to practice law (in parentheses). Also included are women who achieved other distinctions such becoming the first in their state to graduate from law school or become a political figure.
Firsts in Hawaii's history
Law School
* First HawaiianNisei
is a Japanese-language term used in countries in North America and South America to specify the ethnically Japanese children born in the new country to Japanese-born immigrants (who are called ). The are considered the second generation, ...
female law graduate: Patsy Mink
Patsy Matsu Mink (née Takemoto; December 6, 1927 – September 28, 2002) was an American attorney and politician from the U.S. state of Hawaii. Mink was a third-generation Japanese American, having been born and raised on the island of Maui. ...
(1953) in 1951
Lawyers
* First female (prior tooverthrow of the Kingdom of Hawaii
The overthrow of the Hawaiian Kingdom was a ''coup d'état'' against Queen Liliʻuokalani, which took place on January 17, 1893, on the island of Oahu and led by the Committee of Safety, composed of seven foreign residents and six non-abori ...
): Almeda Eliza Hitchcock (1888)
* First female (sign the “Roll of Attorneys” for the federal district court): Elizabeth Helena Ryan (1896) in 1900
*First female (practicing in the Territory of Hawaii
The Territory of Hawaii or Hawaii Territory ( Hawaiian: ''Panalāʻau o Hawaiʻi'') was an organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from April 30, 1900, until August 21, 1959, when most of its territory, excluding ...
): Marguerite Kamehaokalani Ashford (1916)
*First Asian American female: Sau Ung Loo Chan
Sau Ung Loo Chan (1906–2002) was Hawaii's first female lawyer of Asian descent.
Chan, the youngest child of her family, was born on August 8, 1906, in Honolulu, Hawaii, to Joe and Choy Shee Loo. Her father was a Chinese immigrant and had a close ...
(1942)
*First Japanese American female: Patsy Mink
Patsy Matsu Mink (née Takemoto; December 6, 1927 – September 28, 2002) was an American attorney and politician from the U.S. state of Hawaii. Mink was a third-generation Japanese American, having been born and raised on the island of Maui. ...
(1953)
*First Samoan-born female: Saisamoa F. Grey Price (2017)
State judges
* First female (Commissioner of Private Ways and Water Rights): Emma Kaili Metcalf Beckley Nakuina from 1892-1907 * First female (Hawaii Supreme Court): Carrick Hume Buck (1921) in 1935 *First female (district magistrate): Edna Jenkins in 1937 * First female: Carrick Hume Buck (1921) in 1934 * First Asian American female: Marybeth Yuen Maul circa 1957 * First female (appointed; Supreme Court of Hawaii): Rhoda Valentine Lewis (c. 1929) in 1959 * First female (family court): Betty Vitousek in 1970 * First female (circuit court): Marie Milks in 1984 *First African American female: Sandra A. Simms in 1991 * First female (Second Circuit Court): Harriet L. Holt in 1990 * First openly lesbian female (Hawaii Supreme Court): Sabrina McKenna (1982): (2011)Federal judges
*First Asian American female (U.S. District Court for the District of Hawaii):Susan Oki Mollway
Susan Oki Mollway (born November 6, 1950) is a Senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Hawaii and the first East Asian woman ever appointed to a life-time position on the federal bench.
Early l ...
(1981) in 1998
Attorney General of Hawaii
The Attorney General of Hawaii ( haw, Loio Kuhina) is the chief legal officer and chief law enforcement officer of Hawaii. In present-day statehood within the United States, the Attorney General is appointed by the elected governor with the approv ...
* Corinne K.A. Watanabe (1974): First female to serve as the Attorney General of Hawaii
The Attorney General of Hawaii ( haw, Loio Kuhina) is the chief legal officer and chief law enforcement officer of Hawaii. In present-day statehood within the United States, the Attorney General is appointed by the elected governor with the approv ...
, though for a partial term (1985-1987)
*Margery Bronster
Margery S. Bronster (born December 12, 1957) is a lawyer who served as Attorney General of Hawaii from 1995 to 1999.
Career
Bronster graduated from Brown University, where she became fluent in Mandarin Chinese, and then Columbia University Law ...
(1982): First female to serve a full term as the Attorney General of Hawaii
The Attorney General of Hawaii ( haw, Loio Kuhina) is the chief legal officer and chief law enforcement officer of Hawaii. In present-day statehood within the United States, the Attorney General is appointed by the elected governor with the approv ...
(1995-1999)
United States Attorney
*First female: Florence T. Nakakuni in 2009Assistant United States Attorney
* First female: Carrick Hume Buck (1921) in 1925Political Office
*First Asian-born (Japanese descent) female (senator):Mazie Hirono
Mazie Keiko Hirono (; Japanese name: , ; born November 3, 1947) is an American lawyer and politician serving as the junior United States senator from Hawaii since 2013. A member of the Democratic Party, Hirono previously served as a member of t ...
(1978) in 2012
Hawaii Bar Association
* First female president: Sherry Broder (1975)Firsts in local history
* Carrick Hume Buck (1921): First female to serve as the Assistant District Attorney and Deputy City and County Attorney for Honolulu City-County, Hawaii (1925) *Jean Vaughan Gilbert
Jean Vaughan Gilbert (November 11, 1904 – December 2, 1975) was an American attorney, and the first woman to be appointed Honolulu City-County Attorney. She set a record at the University of Southern California Law for the highest academic sco ...
(1944): First female to serve as the Honolulu City-County Attorney
* Camille A. Nelson: First (African American) female to serve as the Dean of the University of Hawaii
A university () is an institution of higher (or tertiary) education and research which awards academic degrees in several academic disciplines. Universities typically offer both undergraduate and postgraduate programs. In the United States, th ...
’s William S. Richardson School of Law
The William S. Richardson School of Law is the professional graduate law school of the University of Hawaii at Manoa. Located in Honolulu, Hawaii, the school is named after its patriarch, former Hawaii State Supreme Court Chief Justice William ...
(2020)
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* List of first women lawyers and judges in the United States * Timeline of women lawyers in the United States * Women in lawOther topics of interest
* List of first minority male lawyers and judges in the United States *List of first minority male lawyers and judges in Hawaii
This is a list of the first minority male lawyer(s) and judge(s) in Hawaii. It includes the year in which the men were admitted to practice law (in parentheses). Also included are other distinctions such as the first minority men in their state to ...
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