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Mary Lee Hall
(1843-1927)
Connecticut
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"In July of 1877, just five years after the United States Supreme Court denied Myrd Bradwell the right to practice law in Illinois, the first Connecticut woman who was to gain admission to the Connecticut bar, Mary Hall, began her study of law at the law offices of her brother, Ezra Hall, and continued her studies after his death at the law office of John Hooker.
Mary Hall felt the fear and dread that her application for admission to the Hartford County Bar might produce.
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Nonetheless, after completing the prescribed term of study and passing the necessary examination, she applied for admission.
Her admission to the bar remained dependent upon an opinion which was to be rendered by the state's highest court as to whether a woman could legally be admitted under Connecticut law.
Conn. Gen. Stat. Sec. 29 (Rev. 1875) read as follows:
The Superior Court may admit, and cause to be sworn as attorneys s
