Alice G. McGee | |
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Died | August 1, 1895 | (aged 26)
Known for | Second woman lawyer admitted to the Pennsylvania Bar |
Alice G. McGee (1869–1895) was a lawyer included in A Woman of the Century [1] and the second woman admitted to the Pennsylvania Bar, [2] She was born in Warren, Pennsylvania and graduated from Warren High School in 1886. [1] McGee studied for three years as a student in the law office of Wetmore, Noyes & Hinckley and was admitted to the Bar after she turned twenty-one on May 13, 1890. [3] [4] [1]
McGee was the only daughter of Joseph A. McGee and Catherine McGee [2] and spent most of her life on a farm. [1] She was educated in music and painting, which McGee had planned to pursue as a career. [1] After graduating from Warren High School in 1886, she worked as a librarian and teacher. [1]
In 1887, she decided to pursue a career in law, and by February 16, 1887, had registered as a student lawyer at Wetmore, Noyes & Hinckley, [1] [5] a prominent firm that had argued two cases in front of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court only a few years earlier. [6] [7]
On May 13, 1890, after McGee turned twenty-one, she was admitted to the Pennsylvania Bar by Judge Brown. [3] McGee was only the second woman to be admitted to the Pennsylvania Bar after Caroline Burnham Kilgore, who persevered sixteen years before she became a recognized member of the Bar. [8] McGee, on the other hand, only worked as a student lawyer for three years and did not attend law school before gaining admission. [1]
McGee's assent from student lawyer to member of the Bar in three years was not only faster than other women at the time, [8] but is also comparable to her male counterparts. [9] Although law school was an option in 1890, law school was not required, and many were reluctant to admit women. [10] [11] [12] [13]
Although McGee was a successful counselor and pleader, [1] she found the practice of law slow and unprofitable, so she started an acting career, appearing in "The Queen of Sheba" in 1893–1894. [2] She died at the age of twenty-six in 1895.
Alice G. McGee | |
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Born | |
Died | August 1, 1895 | (aged 26)
Known for | Second woman lawyer admitted to the Pennsylvania Bar |
Alice G. McGee (1869–1895) was a lawyer included in A Woman of the Century [1] and the second woman admitted to the Pennsylvania Bar, [2] She was born in Warren, Pennsylvania and graduated from Warren High School in 1886. [1] McGee studied for three years as a student in the law office of Wetmore, Noyes & Hinckley and was admitted to the Bar after she turned twenty-one on May 13, 1890. [3] [4] [1]
McGee was the only daughter of Joseph A. McGee and Catherine McGee [2] and spent most of her life on a farm. [1] She was educated in music and painting, which McGee had planned to pursue as a career. [1] After graduating from Warren High School in 1886, she worked as a librarian and teacher. [1]
In 1887, she decided to pursue a career in law, and by February 16, 1887, had registered as a student lawyer at Wetmore, Noyes & Hinckley, [1] [5] a prominent firm that had argued two cases in front of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court only a few years earlier. [6] [7]
On May 13, 1890, after McGee turned twenty-one, she was admitted to the Pennsylvania Bar by Judge Brown. [3] McGee was only the second woman to be admitted to the Pennsylvania Bar after Caroline Burnham Kilgore, who persevered sixteen years before she became a recognized member of the Bar. [8] McGee, on the other hand, only worked as a student lawyer for three years and did not attend law school before gaining admission. [1]
McGee's assent from student lawyer to member of the Bar in three years was not only faster than other women at the time, [8] but is also comparable to her male counterparts. [9] Although law school was an option in 1890, law school was not required, and many were reluctant to admit women. [10] [11] [12] [13]
Although McGee was a successful counselor and pleader, [1] she found the practice of law slow and unprofitable, so she started an acting career, appearing in "The Queen of Sheba" in 1893–1894. [2] She died at the age of twenty-six in 1895.