Eliza Orme applies for, and is refused, permission to take the Law Society’s exams to become a solicitor.
In 1879, Eliza Orme applied to take the Law Society’s exams to become a solicitor but was refused. Instead, she was required to take a separate “Special Exam for Women”, of equivalent standard, in which she earned first-class honours. This barrier persisted for decades; women were not granted degrees at Cambridge until 1947.
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Eliza Orme becomes the first woman to earn a law degree in England
