Haskell, Ella Louise Knowles
1860 - 1911
Details
Alias: Ella Louise Knowles
Born: 1860 in Northwood, New Hampshire
Died: 1911
Ethnicity: White/Caucasian
Professional Facts
Practice Area:
Criminal LawFamily Law
Estates and Trusts
Profession:
Real EstateDivorce law
Criminal law
Regions and States of Practice:
MT, West
Other Education:
Bates College (1884)
Positions During Her Career:
Notary public (1888)Formed a law partnership with Joseph Kinsley in Montana (1889-?)
Assistant attorney general (1893-?)
Member of the American Institute of Mining Engineers
Firsts:
Woman notary public in Montana (1888)Woman lawyer in Montana (1890)
Accomplishments:
Nominated for Attorney General of Montana by the Alliance party (1892)
Further Research Materials
References:
First Women Lawyers in the United States
C. Sleeth, First Women Lawyers in the United States, Bar Association (July 18, 1997)
C. Sleeth, First Women Lawyers in the United States, Bar Association (July 18, 1997)
Stella Reid Crothers, American Women Lawyers, The Home Magazine, September 1907, pp.15
Women Lawyers (1900)
Women Lawyers, Woman Lawyers' Journal C3 (June 9, 1900)
Women Lawyers, Woman Lawyers' Journal C3 (June 9, 1900)
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
Henry Harrison Metcalf, New Hampshire Women: A Collection of Portraits and Biographical Sketches of Daughters and Residents of the Granite State, who are
worthy Representatives of their sex in the various walks and conditions of life. Concord, N. H.: The New Hampshire Publishing Co., 1895
Law, Politics, Love: Entertaining History of the Marvellous Achievements of One Woman, The Atlanta Constitution, December 10, 1985
What Women Can Do: Mrs. Haskell Tells of the Work of Women in Professions, The Atlanta Constitution, December 11, 1895
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)
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
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Student Papers:
Types of Practices and Cases Pursued by Women Lawyers
Erickson, Mary, 1988
Erickson, Mary, 1988
Emphasis On Women Lawyers' Femininity
Erickson, Mary, 1988
Erickson, Mary, 1988
Women Lawyers' Male-Connectedness
Erickson, Mary, 1988
Erickson, Mary, 1988