Fall, Anna Christy
1855 -
Details
Born: 4/23/1855 in Chelsea, Massachusetts
Professional Facts
Legal Education:
Boston University School of Law, 1891
Other Education:
B.A., College of Liberal Arts of Boston University (1883)M.A., College of Liberal Arts of Boston University (1884)
Positions During Her Career:
Private practitioner with her husband, although they could not form a legal partnership
Firsts:
Woman to try a case before a jury in MassachusettsFurther Research Materials
References:
Making History: Lelia Robinson's Index to American Women Lawyers
Barbara Allen Babcock, Making History: Lelia Robinson's Index to American Women Lawyers. Stanford Law School (July 1998)
Barbara Allen Babcock, Making History: Lelia Robinson's Index to American Women Lawyers. Stanford Law School (July 1998)
All the Allies of Each: Lelia Robinson's Portrait of Early Women Lawyers in America
Julia Steele, All the Allies of Each: Lelia Robinson's Portrait of Early Women Lawyers in America, 1998
Julia Steele, All the Allies of Each: Lelia Robinson's Portrait of Early Women Lawyers in America, 1998
Women Lawyers "Legitimized" by Alluding to Their Male-Lawyer Connections
Mary Erickson, Women Lawyers "Legitimized" by Alluding to Their Male-Lawyer Connections (1988)
Mary Erickson, Women Lawyers "Legitimized" by Alluding to Their Male-Lawyer Connections (1988)
Notes About Women, 26 (1) The Women's Tribune 59 (March 1909)
Occupations for Women
Frances Willard, Helen Maria Winslow, Sallie Elizabeth Joy White, Occupations for Women, "Women at the Bar." Success Co.: 1897. Available at: http://books.google.com/books?id=XkwbAAAAYAAJ&lpg=PA402&ots=Ye723_xDi6&dq=Frances%20Willard%2C%20Occupations%20for%20Women%20%281897%29&pg=PA371#v=onepage&q&f=false
Frances Willard, Helen Maria Winslow, Sallie Elizabeth Joy White, Occupations for Women, "Women at the Bar." Success Co.: 1897. Available at: http://books.google.com/books?id=XkwbAAAAYAAJ&lpg=PA402&ots=Ye723_xDi6&dq=Frances%20Willard%2C%20Occupations%20for%20Women%20%281897%29&pg=PA371#v=onepage&q&f=false
A Woman of the Century: Fourteen Hundred-Seventy Biographical Sketches Accompanied by Portraits of Leading American Women in All Walks of Life
Frances E. Willard and Mary A. Livermore (Editors), A Woman of the Century: Fourteen Hundred-Seventy Biographical Sketches Accompanied by Portraits of Leading American Women in All Walks of Life, pp. 210-211. New York: Charles Wells Moulton (1893), available at: http://books.google.com/books?id=zXEEAAAAYAAJ
Frances E. Willard and Mary A. Livermore (Editors), A Woman of the Century: Fourteen Hundred-Seventy Biographical Sketches Accompanied by Portraits of Leading American Women in All Walks of Life, pp. 210-211. New York: Charles Wells Moulton (1893), available at: http://books.google.com/books?id=zXEEAAAAYAAJ
Another Woman Lawyer, New York Times, January 21, 1891
Some of the Bad Laws of Massachusetts, 3 (5) The America Magazine 216
Women Lawyers in the United States
Lelia J. Robinson, Women Lawyers in the United States, 2 The Green Bag 10 (1890)
Lelia J. Robinson, Women Lawyers in the United States, 2 The Green Bag 10 (1890)
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