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Rebecca Pearl Lovenstein

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Rebecca Pearl Lovenstein · Civil Rights & Human Rights

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In 1920, Rebecca Pearl Lovenstein became the first woman lawyer allowed to practice in Virginia.

When

25 May 1888

Biography

Rebecca Pearl Lovenstein is recognized among Jewish contributors to Civil Rights & Human Rights — In 1920, Rebecca Pearl Lovenstein became the first woman lawyer allowed to practice in Virginia.

How & why

In 1920, Rebecca Pearl Lovenstein became the first woman lawyer allowed to practice in Virginia. That is how the Shalvi/Hyman Encyclopedia of Jewish Women, the scholarly reference published by the Jewish Women's Archive, opens its entry on her, written by Dorothy Thomas, and the entry is linked below.

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Source: Shalvi/Hyman Encyclopedia of Jewish Women (Jewish Women's Archive) — Dorothy Thomas

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In 1920, Rebecca Pearl Lovenstein became the first woman lawyer allowed to practice in Virginia.

1888

Source: Shalvi/Hyman Encyclopedia of Jewish Women (Jewish Women's Archive) — Dorothy Thomas