Pier, Kate Hamilton
1845 - 1925
Details
Alias: Kate Hamilton
Born: 6/22/1845 in St. Albans, Vermont
Died: 6/23/1925
Professional Facts
Practice Area:
Real Property
Profession:
Real estate
Regions and States of Practice:
WI, Midwest
Legal Education:
University of Wisconsin Law School, 1887
Positions During Her Career:
Attorney, along with the rest of her family, at the Pier Law Office in Fond du Lac and MilwaukeeMilwaukee County circuit court commissioner (1891-?)
Firsts:
Woman to cast a vote in Fond du Lac CountyWoman in the United States to be appointed to serve in a judicial capacity (1891)
Further Research Materials
References:
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
Pioneers in the Law: The First 150 Women. State Bar of Wisconsin (1998), Describes the hardships and recognizes the efforts of the first 150 women lawyers admitted to the State Bar of Wisconsin, 1879-1943.
Women at the Bar, Vol. 1 No. 8
Women at the Bar, 1 (8) The Law Student's Helper 202 (August 1893)
Women at the Bar, 1 (8) The Law Student's Helper 202 (August 1893)
Women at the Bar, Vol. 1 No. 9
Women at the Bar, 1 (9) The Law Student's Helper 239 (September 1893)
Women at the Bar, 1 (9) The Law Student's Helper 239 (September 1893)
Women at the Bar, Vol. 1 No. 10
Women at the Bar, 1 (10) The Law Student's Helper 303 (October 1893)
Women at the Bar, 1 (10) The Law Student's Helper 303 (October 1893)
Can Women Practice Law?
Can Women Practice Law? 1 (5) The Law Student's Helper 102 (May 1893)
Can Women Practice Law? 1 (5) The Law Student's Helper 102 (May 1893)
Women at the Bar, Vol. 1 No. 12
Women at the Bar, 1 (12) The Law Student's Helper 339 (December, 1893)
Women at the Bar, 1 (12) The Law Student's Helper 339 (December, 1893)
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
Pier Family: Women at the Bar
Pier Family: Women at the Bar, 1 (6) The Law Student's Helper 174 (July 1893)
Pier Family: Women at the Bar, 1 (6) The Law Student's Helper 174 (July 1893)
Links:
Student Papers:
Types of Practices and Cases Pursued by Women Lawyers
Erickson, Mary, 1988
Erickson, Mary, 1988
The Pier Family: Wisconsin Pioneers
Olsky, David, 2000
Olsky, David, 2000