Sawtelle, Lelia Robinson
1850 - 1891

The Green Bag, Vol. 2 (1890).
The Green Bag, Vol. 2 (1890).

Details
AliasES: Lelia Chute, Lelia Robinson
Born: 1850 in Boston, Massachusetts
Died: 8/10/1891
Ethnicity: White/Caucasian
Professional Facts

Practice Area:
Civil Procedure
Criminal Law
Profession:
Civil law
Criminal law
Regions and States of Practice:
MA, Northeast
WA, West
Legal Education:
Boston University School of Law, 1881
Positions During Her Career:
Special commissioner of Massachusetts
Private practitioner in Boston (1882-1884, 1888-1890)
Private practitioner in Seattle (1884-1886)
Firsts:
Woman graduate of Boston University Law School (1881)
Woman admitted to the bar in Massachusetts (1882)
Woman to practice in Seattle (1884)
Woman lawyer to try a case to a jury of both men and women (1885?)


Further Research Materials

References:
A Real Revolution
Barbara Allen Babcock, A Real Revolution, 49 (4) The University of Kansas Law Review 719 (May 2001)
Women Defenders in the West
Barbara Allen Babcock, Women Defenders in the West, University of Nevada Law Journal 1 (2001)
The First Women Members of the Supreme Court Bar, 1879 - 1900
Mary L. Clark, The First Women Members of the Supreme Court Bar, 1879-1900, 36 San Diego Law Review 87 (1999)
Book Review: Feminist Lawyers
Barbara Allen Babcock, Book Review: Feminist Lawyers, 50 Stanford Law Review 1689 (May 1998)
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)
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
First Women Lawyers in the United States
C. Sleeth, First Women Lawyers in the United States, Bar Association (July 18, 1997)
Women in the Law: Looking Back for Progress
Jennifer R. Wilder, Women In The Law: Looking Back For Progress, Boston University School of Law Alumni Magazine, Spring 1996, at 4
Virginia G. Drachman, Women Lawyers and the Origins of Professional Identity in America: the Letters of the Equity Club, 1887-1890. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press (1993)
Women Lawyers and the Quest for Professional Identity in Late Nineteenth-Century America, Michigan Law Review, 1990
Women Bar Members Will Honor Pioneer
Margaret Demsey, Women Bar Members Will Honor Pioneer," Evening Sun, February 15, 1950
Angels and Amazons: A Hundred Years Of American Women
Inez Haynes Irwin Gillmore, Angels And Amazons: A Hundred Years Of American Women. Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, Doran & Company (1933).
Mary A. Greene, Mrs. Lelia Robinson Sawtelle--First Woman Lawyer of Massachusetts, 7 (7) Women Law Journal 51 (1918)
Women Lawyers in the United States
Lelia J. Robinson, Women Lawyers in the United States, 2 The Green Bag 10 (1890)
Boston's Women Lawyers, 1 (3) American Magazine (May-June 1889)
The Chicago Law Times Vol 2. No. 3, Women in Law, pp.301-308, Chicago Law Times, 1888
Admission of Women to the Bar
Catharine V. Waite, Admission of Women to the Bar, 1 Chicago Law Times (1887)
Lelia Robinson, Women Jurors, 1 The Chicago Law Times (1887)

Student Papers:
Lelia Robinson
Killingsworth, Sarah