McIntosh, Kate Hamilton Pier
1868 - 1931
Details
Alias: Kate Hamilton Pier
Born: 12/11/1868 in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin
Died: 4/1/1931
Professional Facts
Practice Area:
Civil Rights
Profession:
Women's rights
Regions and States of Practice:
WI, Midwest
Legal Education:
University of Wisconsin Law School, 1887
Positions During Her Career:
Private practitioner with her parents at Pier Law Office in Fond du Lac (1887-1888)Part of the law department of the Wisconsin Central Railroad (1888-1889)
Joined her family as a general practitioner in Milwaukee (1889-1901)
Firsts:
Woman to argue (and win) in front of the Wisconsin Supreme Court (1889)Woman to argue before the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals in Chicago (1894)
Further Research Materials
References:
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.
Stella Reid Crothers, American Women Lawyers, The Home Magazine, September 1907, pp.15
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
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