Rhoda Lavinia Goodell (May 2, 1839 – March 31, 1880) was the first woman licensed to practice law in Wisconsin and the first woman admitted to the Supreme Court of Wisconsin. In 1880, she also became the first to litigate (and win) an appeal to the Supreme Court of Wisconsin. She was a strong proponent of women's suffrage, abolition, temperance, and prison reform.[1] She was also the first woman to run for city attorney.
Rhoda LaviniaGoodell (May 2, 1839 – March 31, 1880) was the first woman licensed to practice law in Wisconsin and the first woman admitted to the Supreme...
His grandfather William Goodell was also a notable abolitionist and temperance supporter, and Frost's aunt, LaviniaGoodell, was the first woman licensed...
admission to the bar on the basis of sex. The bill had been drafted by LaviniaGoodell and she worked with Speaker of the Wisconsin State Assembly John B...
female law graduate: Belle Case La Follette (1885) First females: LaviniaGoodell and Elsie B. Botensek (1875) First African American female: Mabel Watson...
However, just 6 years later, in 1875, the Wisconsin Supreme Court denied LaviniaGoodell admission to the state bar on the grounds that "[n]ature has tempered...
Norcross was also noteworthy for the part he played in the career of LaviniaGoodell, the first woman admitted to the State Bar of Wisconsin. Norcross had...
Achelis Helen Appleton Read Elizabeth W. Greenwood Josephine Perfect Bay LaviniaGoodell Anna Olcott Commelin Augusta Lewis Troup Mary A. Brigham Katharine...
Dudley (Milwaukee). Almah Jane Frisby (Milwaukee). Zona Gale (Portage). LaviniaGoodell (Janesville). Hattie Tyng Griswold (Columbus). Sophie Gudden (Grand...
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