page_title: List of first women lawyers and judges in Missouri
section_title: Firsts in state history
hierarchical_section_title: List of first women lawyers and judges in Missouri / Firsts in state history
caption_attribution_description: English: Photo of Frankie Muse Freeman.
context_page_description: "Women Who Led the Way". arch.law.wustl.edu. Retrieved 2020-02-27.
  This is a list of the first women lawyer and judge in Missouri. It includes the year in which the women were admitted to practice law. Also included are women who achieved other distinctions such becoming the first in their state to obtain a law degree or become a political figure.
caption: Frankie Muse Freeman: First female (and African American female) to serve on the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights (1964)
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