Philobiblon gives the details on an English barrister, Helena Normanton:
The English barrister Helena Normanton was the first married woman in Britain to be issued with a passport in her own name, in 1924.
She was also: “the first woman admitted to the “Middle Temple” as a law student… first woman to prosecute a murder case, first woman to obtain a divorce for her client, first female counsel in the High Court, the Old Bailey, and the London sessions. In 1949, she shared the “first” of first female king’s counsel, with Rose Heilbron.”
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