Ethel Benjamin
Lawyer, Deceased Person
1875 – 1943
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Who was Ethel Benjamin?
Ethel Rebecca Benjamin was New Zealand’s first female lawyer. On 17 September 1897, she became the first woman in the British Empire to appear as counsel in court, representing a client for the recovery of a debt. She was the second woman in the Empire to be admitted as a barrister and solicitor, two months after Clara Brett Martin of Canada.
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