page_title: List of first women lawyers and judges in North America
section_title: Dominica
hierarchical_section_title: List of first women lawyers and judges in North America / Dominica
caption_attribution_description: English: Dame Eugenia Charles, prime minister of Dominica, in the White House
context_page_description: This is a list of the first women lawyer and judge in North America. It includes the year in which the women were admitted to practice law. Also included are the first women in their country to achieve a certain distinction such as obtaining a law degree.
context_section_description: Mary Eugenia Charles (1949): First female lawyer in Dominica
  Sylvia Judith Bertrand (1969): First female to serve as the Solicitor General of Dominica (1982)
  Monica Theresa Joseph: First female appointed as a Justice of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court (1982)
  Janice Pereira (British Virgin Islands, 1981): First female (and British Virgin Islander) justice appointed as the Chief Justice of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court (2012)
caption: Eugenia Charles: First female lawyer in Dominica (1949)
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