Mary Hall
American lawyer (1843–1927) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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For other people named Mary Hall, see Mary Hall (disambiguation).
Mary Hall (August 16, 1843 – November 15, 1927) was the first female lawyer in Connecticut, and also a poet, a suffragist, and a philanthropist. In 1882, the Connecticut Supreme Court of Errors' decision to allow Hall to be admitted to the Connecticut Bar was the first judicial decision in the nation to hold that women were permitted to practice law.[1]