First Woman To Act As Attorney in Court of Law

 

May 25, 1673 - In 1673 a woman named Ann Marwood Durant became the first woman known to act as an attorney in a North Carolina court of law.

  She and her husband settled on what is now known as Durants Neck which the Durants originally purchased from the local Indians.

   Records show that Ann appeared in court on May 25, 1673 and successfully defended seaman Andrew Ball in a case filed to collect his unpaid wages.

This is an excerpt from the book, "Women's History: Trivia, Firsts, & Musings by Paula C. Henderson https://amzn.to/3C2WWN2