Eaglesfield, Elizabeth

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Professional Facts

Regions and States of Practice:
IN, Midwest
MI, Midwest
Legal Education:
University of Michigan Law School, 1877
Positions During Her Career:
Practiced in both Terre Haute and Indianapolis, Indiana (1875-1887) and Grand Rapids, Michigan (1887-?)
Firsts:
Woman admitted to the Indiana Bar (1875)


Further 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)
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)
Can Women Practice Law?
Can Women Practice Law? 1 (5) The Law Student's Helper 102 (May 1893)
Women Lawyers in the United States
Lelia J. Robinson, Women Lawyers in the United States, 2 The Green Bag 10 (1890)
Admission of Women to the Bar
Catharine V. Waite, Admission of Women to the Bar, 1 Chicago Law Times (1887)