María Angélica Barreda Explained

Maria Angélica Barreda
Birth Date:15 May 1887
Nationality:Argentine

María Angélica Barreda (15 May 1887 – 21 July 1963) became in 1910 the first woman admitted to practice law in Argentina.[1] She graduated from the National University of La Plata, receiving her degree on 28 December 1909.[2] [3]

in 2023, at the University of Buenos Aires, commemorative plaques were erected to remember two significant female lawyers in Argentina: Dr. María Angélica Barreda, the first woman lawyer in Argentina, graduated from the UNLP, and Dr. Celia Tapias, the first woman lawyer to graduate from the UBA.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Buchanan . Kelly . Women in History: Lawyers and Judges | In Custodia Legis: Law Librarians of Congress . Blogs.loc.gov . 6 March 2015. 2018-01-16.
  2. Web site: Diario El Dia de La Plata www.eldia.com . Egresados de la Universidad: el 65 por ciento son mujeres - edicion-impresa . Eldia.com . 2013-09-15 . 2018-01-16.
  3. Web site: 1882 a 1912 - 3 . www.laplatamagica.com.ar . 2018-01-16.
  4. Web site: CIJur - Centro de Información Jurídica del Ministerio Público de la Provincia de Bs. As. . 2023-10-17 . cijur.mpba.gov.ar.