Helen Hamilton (American lawyer)

Helen N. Hamilton was North Dakota's first female lawyer.[1][2]

Hamilton was born on January 3, 1874.[3] She graduated from the University of North Dakota School of Law in 1905.[4][5] Hamilton was the only female student in the senior class and became the class president. She was admitted as the state's first female lawyer the same year and proceeded to set up a law practice in Grand Forks, North Dakota.[6]

She died on September 30, 1949. In 1999, the University of North Dakota School of Law designated a "Helen Hamilton Day" in her honor.[7]

See also

References
  1. Weatherford, Doris (2012-01-20). Women in American Politics: History and Milestones. SAGE. ISBN 9781608710072.
  2. Interior, United States Department of the (1897). Official Register of the United States ... U.S. Government Printing Office.
  3. "Helen N. Hamilton (1874-1949)". Find a Grave.
  4. North western reporter. Second series. N.W. 2d. Cases argued and determined in the courts of Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wisconsin. 1993.
  5. Bender, Leslie; Braveman, Daan (1995). Power, Privilege, and Law: A Civil Rights Reader. West Publishing Company. ISBN 9780314045775.
  6. "Women's Legal History" (PDF). Stanford University. 1997.
  7. "House Journal Day 53" (PDF). North Dakota Legislative Branch. 1999.
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