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The '''National Association of Women Lawyers''' is a voluntary organization founded in 1899 and based in the [[United States]]. Its aim is to promote women lawyers and women's legal rights.<ref name="nawl1">[http://www.nawl.org/p/cm/ld/fid=9 About NAWL], nawl.org, Retrieved 20 February 2015</ref>
== History ==
The group was originally called the "Women Lawyers' Club", and was founded  by 18 female lawyers in [[New York City]] in 1899.<ref name="history1">[http://www.nawl.org/p/cm/ld/fid=20 NAWL History], nawl.org, Retrieved 20 February 2015</ref><ref name="experiencemag1">Smith, Selma Moidel. [http://wlh.law.stanford.edu/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/smith-a-century-of-achievement.pdf A Century of Achievement: The Centennial of the National Association of Women Lawyers], ''Women Lawyers Journal'' (85:2, Summer 1999) (reprinted from ABA Senior Lawyers Division ''Experience'' Magazine, Fall 1998 & Winter 1999)</ref><ref name="1914entry">[https://books.google.com/books?id=qcAiAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA116 Club Women of New York], p. 116 (1914)</ref> The organization started publishing the ''Women Lawyers Journal'' in 1911.<ref name="Bar bone1">[https://www.chicagobar.org/barnone/sect5.html 125 Years of Women Lawyers in Illinois - Professional Associations], ''Chicago Bar Association'', Retrieved 20 February 2015</ref>  The group was renamed the "Women Lawyers Association" by 1914, and changed to its current name in 1923.<ref name="history">[http://oasis.lib.harvard.edu/oasis/deliver/~sch01415 History, National Association of Women Lawyers. Records of the National Association of Women Lawyers, 1913-1999: A Finding Aid], Harvard University Library (2013)</ref>
== Notable members ==
*[[Rosalind Goodrich Bates]], an attorney based in Los Angeles, served as the editor of the ''Women Lawyers Journal'' in 1931 and from 1935-1936.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last1=Endres |first1=Kathleen L. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OAxlAAAAMAAJ |title=Women's Periodicals in the United States: Social and Political Issues |last2=Lueck |first2=Therese |date=1996-11-25 |publisher=Bloomsbury Academic |isbn=978-0-313-28632-2 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[Eva M. Mack]], editor of ''Women Lawyers' Journal''.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Lawyers |first=National Association of Women |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pgCQAAAAMAAJ&q=eva+mack |title=75 Year History of National Association of Women Lawyers, 1899-1974: (the First Seventy-five Years) |date=1975 |publisher=the Association |language=en}}</ref>
*[[Emilie Bullowa]], an advocate for legal aid, who served as the first president of the national organization from 1916-1922.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Appel |first1=Tamar Kaplan |title=Emilie M. Bullowa |url=https://jwa.org/encyclopedia/article/bullowa-emilie-m |website=Jewish Women's Archive |publisher=Shalvi/Hyman Encyclopedia of Jewish Women |access-date=10 July 2023 |date=31 December 1999}}</ref>
*[[Oda Faulconer]]: The Women Lawyers Association of Los Angeles was born by the merging of two women's bar organizations: the Women Lawyers' Club, founded in 1918, and the Women Lawyers' Association of Southern California, founded in 1928. The president of the Women Lawyers' Association of Southern California was Mab Copeland Lineman, who was also the 4th President of the Women Lawyers' Club, while Faulconer was the secretary-treasurer. In 1930, when the Association reorganized into the Southern California Council of the National Association of Women Lawyers, Ida May Adams was president and Faulconer vice-president. Faulconer was elected president for two terms, in 1938 and 1939<ref name="Binheim" />
*[[Mary Lilly]], suffragist and politician, who served as an editor of the ''Women Lawyers Journal'' from 1915-1916.<ref name=":0" />
*[[Nina Miglionico]] was elected president in 1958 and served as the editor of the ''Women Lawyers Journal'' from 1960-1961.<ref name=":0" />
*[[Kate Pier]] served as the vice-president for Wisconsin of the National Association of Women Lawyers.<ref name="Eagle River News">{{cite journal|title=Kate Hamilton Pier is laid to rest on wedding day; many pay tribute|journal=Eagle River News|date=1925|pages=4–5|url=https://www.wisconsinhistory.org/Records/Newspaper/BA3090|access-date=15 September 2017}}</ref>
*[[Lavinia Marian Fleming Poe]], the first African American woman lawyer in Virginia, passing the bar exam in 1925.<ref name="Emancipation">{{cite book |last1=Smith Jr. |first1=J. Clay |title=Emancipation: The Making of the Black Lawyer, 1844-1944 |date=1999 |publisher=University of Pennsylvania Press |isbn=9780812216851 |page=236 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1lOIjQUG4aoC&q=L.+Marian+Fleming+Poe&pg=PA236 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[Eugénie M. Rayé-Smith]], suffragist, who served as the first editor of the ''Women Lawyers Journal'' from 1911-1914.<ref name=":0" />
*[[F. Josephine Stevenson]] served one year as president of the Women Lawyers' Club, and four years as corresponding secretary.<ref name="Binheim">{{cite book|last1=Binheim|first1=Max|last2=Elvin |first2=Charles A. |title=Women of the West: A Series of Biographical Sketches of Living Eminent Women in the Eleven Western States of the United States of America|year=1928|location=Los Angeles |publisher=Publishers Press|url=https://archive.org/details/womenofwestserie00binh|access-date=August 6, 2017}}{{PD-notice}}</ref>
*[[Ida V. Wells]] was the director of the Women Lawyers' Association.<ref name="Binheim" />
*[[Olive Stott Gabriel]] served as the organization's president in the 1930s.<ref>{{Cite news|date=January 1930|title=Our New President - Olive Stott Gabriel|volume=18|work=Women Lawyers' Journal|issue=1|url=http://wlh-static.law.stanford.edu/articles/gabriel.htm|access-date=2020-06-25}}</ref>
*[[Rose Zetzer]] was the first woman admitted to the [[Maryland State Bar Association]].<ref name="Rasmussen1998">{{cite news |last1=Rasmussen |first1=Fred |date=April 9, 1998 |title=Rose Zetzer, 94, founded 1st all-female law firm in Md. |page=11n |work=The Baltimore Sun |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/?clipping_id=29665851&fcfToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJmcmVlLXZpZXctaWQiOjE3MzQ0NjIxOSwiaWF0IjoxNjIwOTE1ODg4LCJleHAiOjE2MjEwMDIyODh9.-neJZ8prMph6fF5r5PTP13wGMdvTUHOb6Nga7nt011E |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref>
==See also==
* [[National Association of Muslim Lawyers]]
* [[National Negro Bar Association]]
== References ==
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== External links ==
* [http://www.nawl.org/ Official website]
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