THE NEXT 100 YEARS FOR INSPIRATIONAL WOMEN IN LAW - WEBINAR 1 DECEMBER

 As archivist for the Society of Women Writers and Journalists, I try to collect as much historical information about our former members as I can. Zooms and webinars have been useful over the last year or so.  What a lovely invitation to be linked to last night's webinar dedicated to eminent legal women of the past. I will certainly soon be reading Judge Rose Heilbron's biography, written by her daughter, Hilary Heilbron QC. 

Helena Normanton QC

One of our own earliest members and good friend of the Society, Helena Florence Normanton QC (1882-1957) was the first woman to practise as a barrister in England in 1922. www.swwj.co.uk  She served on our Council for years as vice chairman and held many notable positions, as well as being the second woman in Britain to be called to the Bar of England and Wales, following the example set by Miss Ivy Williams in  May 1922. When Helena married, she kept her surname and in 1924 she was the first British married woman to have a passport in her maiden name.