List of first women lawyers and judges in Maine

This is a list of the first women lawyer(s) and judge(s) in Maine. 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 obtain a law degree or become a political figure.

Firsts in state history
Nancy Torresen: First female appointed as a Judge of the U.S. District Court for the District of Maine (2011)

Lawyer
Judge
  • Harriet Henry:[2][3] First female judge in Maine (1973)
Superior Court
  • Jessie Briggs Gunther:[4][5] First female to serve as a Judge of the Superior Court in Maine (1976)
Supreme Judicial Court
District Court
  • Margaret “Peggy” Kravchuk:[7][8] First female to serve as a federal judge in Maine
  • Nancy Torresen (1987):[9] First female appointed as a Judge of the U.S. District Court for the District of Maine (2011)

Attorney General

District Attorney

Political Office

United States Attorney

Bar Association

Firsts in local history

Alphabetized by county name

Androscoggin County

Cumberland County
  • Adeline Bond Rines (1914):[14] First female lawyer in Cumberland County, Maine
  • Sigrid E. Tompkins:[15] First female to serve as the President of the Cumberland County Bar Association, Maine (1974)
  • Stephanie Anderson:[16] First female District Attorney for Cumberland County, Maine

Franklin County

Kennebec County

Knox County

Lincoln County

Oxford County

Sagadahoc County

Waldo County

See also

Other topics of interest

References
  1. "women | Maine: An Encyclopedia". maineanencyclopedia.com. Retrieved 2016-10-06.
  2. Congressional Record: Proceedings and Debates of the ... Congress. U.S. Government Printing Office. 1985.
  3. Pogrebin, Letty Cottin (1975-01-01). Getting Yours: How to Make the System Work for the Working Woman. McKay. ISBN 9780679505617.
  4. "Former court justice becomes part-time DA". Archive. Retrieved 2018-12-31.
  5. "Youngest judge appointed in Maine retires after 32 years on the bench". Bangor Daily News. Retrieved 2018-12-31.
  6. "Caroline Glassman, first woman to serve on Maine Supreme Judicial Court, dies at 90". Bangor Daily News. Retrieved 2018-12-31.
  7. "Office of the Maine AG: News & Reports". www.maine.gov. Retrieved 2018-12-31.
  8. "UNE honors Bangor federal judge". Archive. Retrieved 2018-12-31.
  9. "First woman sworn in as U.S. District Court judge in Maine". Bangor Daily News. Retrieved 2018-01-20.
  10. "Office of the Maine AG: Biography of Attorney General Janet T. Mills". www.maine.gov. Retrieved 2018-11-07.
  11. "Analysis | The historic firsts of the 2018 midterms". Washington Post. Retrieved 2018-11-07.
  12. "Featured Alumna - Phyllis Givertz '69 (COLLEGE CONNECTIONS - THE COLLEGE OF ARTS, HUMANITIES, AND SOCIAL SCIENCES NEWSLETTER)" (PDF). University of Southern Maine. Winter 2017.
  13. Down East. Down East Enterprise. 1983.
  14. Thompson, Frederic L. (2005). The Rines Family Legacy. Arcadia Publishing. ISBN 9780738538822.
  15. "SIGRID E. TOMPKINS". Bangor Daily News. Retrieved 2019-01-02.
  16. "About Stephanie Anderson: Office of the District Attorney". Cumberland County, Maine.
  17. "Women who blazed the trail in Maine law | Daily Bulldog". www.dailybulldog.com. Retrieved 2018-12-31.
  18. "Women's History Trail : Augusta Maine". dll.umaine.edu. Retrieved 2017-10-13.
  19. "History made when Irving sworn in as Midcoast's top prosecutor - By Stephen Betts". waldo.villagesoup.com. Retrieved 2019-03-25.
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