| Winnie McLaughlin | |
| Birth Name: | Agnes Winifred McLaughlin |
| Birth Date: | 15 April 1882 |
| Birth Place: | Coös County, New Hampshire, US |
| Death Place: | Berlin, New Hampshire, US |
| Occupation: | Lawyer |
Agnes Winifred McLaughlin (1882–1964) was the first woman admitted to practice law in New Hampshire.[1]
McLaughlin was born in Coös County, New Hampshire, on April 15, 1882,[2] and she was raised in Lancaster, New Hampshire.
McLaughlin petitioned the New Hampshire Supreme Court "that she may be allowed to take an examination with a view to [bar] admission". Her petition states she studied law under two different attorneys from 1911 until 1917 and at the University of Maine Law School.[3] She became the first woman allowed to practice law in New Hampshire on June 30, 1917.[4]
She later worked in a new estate planning division at the Equitable Life Insurance Company. She died on October 29, 1964.[5]
The New Hampshire Women's Bar Association, in partnership with the University of New Hampshire Franklin Pierce School of Law, has created a scholarship given to a second year law student each year that is named in McLaughlin's honor.[6]