Ethel E. Mackiernan

Ethel E. Mackiernan was the first woman appointed to a presiding judgeship in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.[1][2][3]

Mackiernan attended Portia Law School.[4][3]

Mackiernan began her legal career in Boston in 1918 and became attorney for the Nantucket Institution for Savings.[1] She was the first woman to be appointed to a full-time judgeship. In 1935, she was appointed by Governor Joseph B. Ely as a judge in the Nantucket District Court.[1][4] In this position she became the first presiding judge of any court in Massachusetts.[3]

Mackiernan was an incorporator of the Norfolk Varnish Co.[5] and assistant treasurer of the Jamaica Plain Cooperative Bank.[6] She lived at 240 Babcock Street in Brookline, Massachusetts.[7] She was a member of the Appalachian Mountain Club.[7]

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References
  1. "Women's Legal History | Biographical Search". Women's Legal History. Retrieved March 7, 2020.
  2. Thomas (pseud.), Dorothy (1957). Women Lawyers in the United States. Scarecrow Press.
  3. "Law School History, Experiences & Records – New England Law | Boston". student.nesl.edu. Retrieved March 7, 2020.
  4. @BobMcGovernJr (September 6, 2018). "#TBT: Arthur MacLean, the founder and first dean of Portia Law School (Now @NewEnglandLaw), writes to congratulate alumna Ethel E. Mackiernan on becoming the first female judge in Massachusetts" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  5. "New Corporations". Paint, Oil and Drug Review. XLVIII (19). Chicago: D. Van Ness Publishing Company. November 10, 1909. p. 15. Retrieved March 7, 2020.
  6. Massachusetts Bank Commissioners (1957). Report. p. 6. Retrieved 7 March 2020.
  7. Appalachia Bulletin. XVIII. Appalachian Mountain Club. May 1925. p. 129. Retrieved 7 March 2020.
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