Benneson, Cora Agnes
1851 -
Details
Born: 6/10/1851 in Quincy, Illinois
Professional Facts
Regions and States of Practice:
MN, MidwestMA, Northeast
Legal Education:
University of Michigan Law School, 1880
Positions During Her Career:
Law editor for the West Publishing Company of St. Paul, Minnesota (1886)Private practitioner in Massachusetts
Special commissioner in Massachusetts (1895)
Firsts:
One of the first women to practice law in New England
Accomplishments:
Awarded a fellowship in history at Bryn Mawr College (1887)Honorary member of the Illinois State Historical society
Sole trustee of the Edward Everett estate in Boston
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)
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
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)
C. Sleeth, First Women Lawyers in the United States, Bar Association (July 18, 1997)
Pioneer women of Quincy
Helen Warning, Pioneer women of Quincy: Cora Benneson predicted modern woman would develop own faculties, Quincy Herald Whig Newspaper, February 20, 1977, available at: http://www.alliancelibrarysystem.com/IllinoisWomen/files/qp/htm1/qpbenwar.html
Helen Warning, Pioneer women of Quincy: Cora Benneson predicted modern woman would develop own faculties, Quincy Herald Whig Newspaper, February 20, 1977, available at: http://www.alliancelibrarysystem.com/IllinoisWomen/files/qp/htm1/qpbenwar.html
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).
Inez Haynes Irwin Gillmore, Angels And Amazons: A Hundred Years Of American Women. Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, Doran & Company (1933).
Obituary of Miss Cora Benneson, Quincy Daily Herald Newspaper, June 12, 1919
The Semitic Museum of Harvard University
Benneson, Cora A., The Semitic Museum of Harvard University, 6 (8) The Unitarian 362 (August, 1891), available at: http://www.alliancelibrarysystem.com/IllinoisWomen/files/qp/jpg2/QP000048.jpg
Benneson, Cora A., The Semitic Museum of Harvard University, 6 (8) The Unitarian 362 (August, 1891), available at: http://www.alliancelibrarysystem.com/IllinoisWomen/files/qp/jpg2/QP000048.jpg
Women Lawyers in the United States
Lelia J. Robinson, Women Lawyers in the United States, 2 The Green Bag 10 (1890)
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)
Catharine V. Waite, Admission of Women to the Bar, 1 Chicago Law Times (1887)
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