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1897

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Clara Brett Martin becomes the first woman in Canada to be admitted to the Bar, also making her the first female lawyer in the British Commonwealth, after the Law Society of Upper Canada unenthusiastically changes its rule to admit women.

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Courtesy of the Law Society of Upper Canada Archives, 2006006-28P.

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