There is a register of lawyers admitted to practice in the Supreme Court of Virginia at the Virginia State Law Library that documents several early women lawyers. I believe the first woman licensed to practice there was Mildred Callahan, from Alexandria, circa 1922. You can get access to this document by calling the state law library.
The library there also has information about the first woman to argue a case in that court, whose name escapes me at the moment. There was an article about the occasion in the RIchmond Times Dispatch and later in the Virginia Bar News.
Catherine OBrion
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> On Apr 5, 2019, at 9:30 AM, Mari Julienne <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> The Library of Virginia has records from the Virginia Board of Medicine
> examinations (1884-2006) that list everyone who took the medical exam and
> were licensed. The exams began in 1885 and and the first woman was licensed
> in 1890. They are part of the Department of Health Professions, Record
> Group 37, Accession 22731.
>
> The Virginia Board of Bar Examiners, Record Group 102, contains
> applications for the bar examination and licenses to practice (1910-1950).
> Prior to that local courts licensed attorneys and the earliest known woman
> to be licensed in Virginia was Belva A. Lockwood, who was licensed to
> practice in the Fairfax County court in 1879.
>
> Hope this helps.
> Mari Julienne
>
>
>
>
> On Fri, Apr 5, 2019 at 8:49 AM Alyson Taylor-White <[log in to unmask]>
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>> What source/sources would be suggested to research and create a list with
>> biographical information on early women lawyers and doctors in Virginia?
>>
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