Eliza Orme

Eliza Orme

Eliza Orme (25 December 1848 – 22 June 1937) was the first woman to earn a law degree in England, from University College London in 1888.

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Precedents, Patterns and Puzzles: Feminist Reflections on the First Women Lawyers (2016)

Mary Jane Mossman Precedents, Patterns and Puzzles: Feminist Reflections on the First Women Lawyers Retrieved 28 March 2025

• Perhaps I should have been more persistent.
  • ([89]; [90], p. 620; [91], p. 49).

• Eliza Orme had argued more generally in the 1890s that it was necessary to break down conventional barriers, allowing “each individual to do what natural talent prompts rather than what social status demands”
  • ([25], p. 619)

• Things look more hopeful now than ever.

Quotes about Eliza Orme

• Eliza Orme’s Ambitions fills out earlier scant accounts of this intriguing life, while speculating about why it has been overlooked.
  • Leslie Howsam Eliza Orme’s Ambitions Retrieved 28 March 2025