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* First female admitted: Marie Elizabeth Simpson Degeer Gilmore (1887)
* First female president: Christel E. Marquardt from 1987 to 1988
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Kansas () is a state in the Midwestern United States. Its capital is Topeka, and its largest city is Wichita. Kansas is a landlocked state bordered by Nebraska to the north; Missouri to the east; Oklahoma to the south; and Colorado to th ...
. 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 Kansas' history
Lawyers
*First female: Jennie Mitchell Kellogg (1880) *First African American female:Lutie Lytle
Lutie A. Lytle (November 19, 1875 - November 12, 1955 ) was an American lawyer who was one of the first African-American women in the legal profession. Having been admitted to the state bar of Tennessee in 1897, she also practiced law in Topeka ...
(1897)
*First Native American (Wyandot
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Native American ethnography
* Wyandot people, also known as the Huron
* Wyandot language
Wyandot (sometimes spelled Wandat) is the Iroquoian language traditionally spoken by the people known variously as Wyandot or Wya ...
) female: Lyda Conley (1902)
* First female to argue a case before the Supreme Court of Kansas
The Kansas Supreme Court is the highest judicial authority in the state of Kansas. Composed of seven justices, led by Chief Justice Marla Luckert, the court supervises the legal profession, administers the judicial branch, and serves as the st ...
: Nellie Cline Steenson
State judges
* First female (probate court): Mary H. Cooper in 1908 * First African American female: Jennifer L. Jones (1985) in 1992 * First female (district court): Kay McFarland (1964) in 1973 * First female (Supreme Court of Kansas
The Kansas Supreme Court is the highest judicial authority in the state of Kansas. Composed of seven justices, led by Chief Justice Marla Luckert, the court supervises the legal profession, administers the judicial branch, and serves as the st ...
): Kay McFarland (1964) in 1977
* First female (Kansas Court of Appeals
The Kansas Court of Appeals is the intermediate-level appellate court for the U.S. state of Kansas.
History
The Kansas Legislature created the first Kansas Court of Appeals in 1895, to help the Kansas Supreme Court with an increasingly heavy casel ...
): Mary Beck Briscoe
Mary Kathryn Beck Briscoe (born April 4, 1947) is a Senior United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit.
Early life and education
Briscoe was born in Council Grove, Kansas, and grew up on a farm ne ...
in 1984
* First female (Chief Justice; Supreme Court of Kansas
The Kansas Supreme Court is the highest judicial authority in the state of Kansas. Composed of seven justices, led by Chief Justice Marla Luckert, the court supervises the legal profession, administers the judicial branch, and serves as the st ...
): Kay McFarland (1964) in 1995
* First female (Eleventh District of Kansas): Lori Bolton Fleming in 2012
* First female (Ninth District of Kansas): Marilyn M. Wilder in 2015
* First Hispanic American (female) (Kansas Court of Appeals
The Kansas Court of Appeals is the intermediate-level appellate court for the U.S. state of Kansas.
History
The Kansas Legislature created the first Kansas Court of Appeals in 1895, to help the Kansas Supreme Court with an increasingly heavy casel ...
): Rachel L. Pickering in 2022
Federal judges
* First African American female (U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas
The United States District Court for the District of Kansas (in case citations, D. Kan.) is the United States district court, federal district court whose jurisdiction is the state of Kansas. The Court operates out of the Bob Dole, Robert J. Do ...
): Julie A. Robinson (1981) in 2001
Attorney General of Kansas
The Attorney General of Kansas is a statewide elected official responsible for providing legal services to the state government of Kansas
Kansas () is a state in the Midwestern United States. Its capital is Topeka, and its largest city i ...
* First female: Carla Stovall from 1995 to 2003
Assistant Attorney General
* First female: Jennie Mitchell Kellogg (1880) from 1891 to 1893County Attorney
* First female: Elfrieda Kenyon around 1939Political Office
*Kathryn O’Loughlin McCarthy (1921): First female (a lawyer) to serve in Congress (1933-1935) * Sharice Davids (2010): First Native American ( Ho-Chunk tribe) and openly-LGBT female (a lawyer) elected to Congress in Kansas (2018)Firsts in local history
* Lori Bolton Fleming: First female to become a Judge of the Eleventh District of Kansas (2012)Cherokee_
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Douglas County, Kansas
Douglas County (county code DG) is located in the U.S. state of Kansas. As of the 2020 census, the county population was 118,785, making it the fifth-most populous county in Kansas. Its county seat and most populous city is Lawrence.
Histo ...
* Jean Shepherd: First female judge in Douglas County, Kansas (1984)
* Rebeca Mendoza: First Hispanic American female to graduate from the University of Kansas School of Law
The University of Kansas School of Law is the law school of the University of Kansas, a public research university in Lawrence, Kansas. The University of Kansas Law School was founded in 1893, replacing the earlier Department of Law, which had e ...
(1972) [Douglas County, Kansas
Douglas County (county code DG) is located in the U.S. state of Kansas. As of the 2020 census, the county population was 118,785, making it the fifth-most populous county in Kansas. Its county seat and most populous city is Lawrence.
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* Christine Arguello (1980): First Hispanic American (female) to receive tenure at the University of Kansas School of Law
* Maritza Segarra: First female (and first Hispanic American female) judge in Geary County, Kansas
Geary County (county code GE) is a county located in the U.S. state of Kansas. As of the 2020 census, the county population was 36,739. Its county seat and most populous city is Junction City. The county is named in honor of Governor John W. ...
(2004) and first Hispanic female appointed to a District Court in the State of Kansas (2007).
* Ida Tillotson (1881): First female lawyer in Graham County, Kansas
Graham County (county code GH) is a county located in the U.S. state of Kansas. As of the 2020 census, the county population was 2,415. Its county seat and most populous city is Hill City. The county is home to Nicodemus, founded 1877, which ...
* Elfrieda Kenyon: First female to serve as the County Attorney for Hodgeman County, Kansas
Hodgeman County (county code HG) is a county located in the U.S. state of Kansas. As of the 2020 census, the county population was 1,723. Its county seat and most populous city is Jetmore.
History
Hodgeman County was founded in 1867. It was n ...
(c. 1939)
* Gwendolyn Van Derbur Falkenberg (1957): First female lawyer in Johnson County, Kansas
Johnson County is a county in the U.S. state of Kansas, on the border with Missouri. As of the 2020 census, the population was 609,863, making it the most populous county in Kansas. Its county seat is Olathe. Largely suburban, the county cont ...
* Carolee Sauder Leek (1959): First female judge in Johnson County, Kansas (1965)
* Janette Sheldon: First female to serve as the President of the Johnson County Bar Association (1988)
* Rhonda Mason (1989): First African-American female judge in Johnson County, Kansas (2016)
* Beulah Wheeler (1925): First African American female lawyer in Leavenworth, Kansas nowiki/>Leavenworth_County,_Kansas.html" ;"title="Leavenworth_County,_Kansas.html" ;"title="nowiki/>Leavenworth County, Kansas">nowiki/>Leavenworth County, Kansas">Leavenworth_County,_Kansas.html" ;"title="nowiki/>Leavenworth County, Kansas">nowiki/>Leavenworth County, Kansas* Mary H. Cooper: First female probate judge in Beloit, Kansas (1908) [Lyons, Kansas
Lyons is a city in and the county seat of Rice County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 3,611.
History
For millennia, the land now known as Kansas was inhabited by Native Americans.
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(1922) nowiki/>Rice_County,_Kansas.html" ;"title="Rice_County,_Kansas.html" ;"title="nowiki/>Rice County, Kansas">nowiki/>Rice County, Kansas">Rice_County,_Kansas.html" ;"title="nowiki/>Rice County, Kansas">nowiki/>Rice County, Kansas* K. Seely Racine (1934): First female lawyer in Russell County, Kansas
* Nola Foulston: First female to serve as the District Attorney for Sedgwick County, Kansas (1988)
* Gloria Flentje: First female to serve as the President of the Wichita, Kansas, Wichita Bar Association (1991) nowiki/>Sedgwick_County,_Kansas.html" ;"title="Sedgwick_County,_Kansas.html" ;"title="nowiki/>Sedgwick County, Kansas">nowiki/>Sedgwick County, Kansas">Sedgwick_County,_Kansas.html" ;"title="nowiki/>Sedgwick County, Kansas">nowiki/>Sedgwick County, Kansas* Maxine Walker Wood: First female to serve as the County Attorney for Seward County, Kansas
* Jessie Nye: First female law graduate of the Washburn University School of Law, Washburn Law School (1912) [Shawnee County, Kansas
Shawnee County (county code SN) is located in northeast Kansas, in the central United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 178,909, making it the third-most populous county in Kansas. Its most populous city, Topeka, is the state ...
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* Kay McFarland (1964): First female elected to a judgeship in Shawnee County, Kansas
Shawnee County (county code SN) is located in northeast Kansas, in the central United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 178,909, making it the third-most populous county in Kansas. Its most populous city, Topeka, is the state ...
(1971)
* Linda Diane Henry Elrod: First female to serve as the President of the Topeka, Kansas, Topeka Bar Association (1986) [Shawnee County, Kansas
Shawnee County (county code SN) is located in northeast Kansas, in the central United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 178,909, making it the third-most populous county in Kansas. Its most populous city, Topeka, is the state ...
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* Regina Victoria Mills Chambers (1900): First female lawyer in Sheridan County, Kansas
* LaVone Daily (1957): First female lawyer in Wyandotte County, Kansas
* Karen Shelor: First female to serve as the President of the Wyandotte County Bar Association (1986)
* Candice Alcaraz: First African American female district court judge in Wyandotte County, Kansas (2022)
See also
*List of first women lawyers and judges in the United States
This list of the first women lawyers and judges in each state of the United States includes the years in which the women were admitted to practice law. Also included are women of other distinctions, such as the first in their states to get law de ...
* Timeline of women lawyers in the United States
This is a short timeline of women lawyers in the United States. Much more information on the subject can be found at: List of first women lawyers and judges in the United States
* 1869 – Arabella Mansfield became the first female lawyer in the ...
* Women in law
Women in law describes the role played by women in the legal profession and related occupations, which includes lawyers (also called barristers, advocates, solicitors, attorneys or legal counselors), paralegals, prosecutors (also called Distri ...
Other topics of interest
*List of first minority male lawyers and judges in the United States
This is a list of the first minority male lawyer(s) and judge(s) in each state. 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 stat ...
* List of first minority male lawyers and judges in Kansas
This is a list of the first minority male lawyer(s) and judge(s) in Kansas. It includes the year in which the men were admitted to practice law (in parentheses). Also included are men who achieved other distinctions such becoming the first in their ...
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