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Agnes Lundell

Agnes Lundell

Finland's first female lawyer

Agnes Lundell (13 July 1878 – 17 September 1936), also known as Agneta, was the Finland's first female lawyer.[1][2]

Agnes Lundell

Biography

Born on 13 July 1878 in Turku, Finland, Agnes Lundell was the daughter of Alfred Wilhelm Lundell (1839 – 1904) and Olga Wilhelmina Åkerman(1846 – 1900). She studied in a Girls’ School at Turku.[3] She later enrolled at the Imperial Alexander University to study law. In 1906 she became the first woman in Finland to graduate with a law degree.[4][5]

Upon graduation, Agnes Lundell began her legal career as the secretary of a senate division.[1] In 1911 she became the first woman lawyer in Finland.[6][7]

She also involved in business. With Hjalmar Erlund, one of her school mates from Turku, she established a bilingual law firm named “Lundell & Erlund.”[8] In the beginning of her legal career, she faced many challenges including dress code, and the use of her first name in judicial offices.[1][5]

She was also known for her feminist activities particularly her lectures on upholding women's rights.[8]

She died in Helsinki on 17 September 1936.

References

  1. [1]
    Schultz, Ulrike (2003). Women in the World's Legal Professions. Oxford: Hart Publishing. p. 389. ISBN 978-1-841-13319-5. Retrieved 25 June 2022.
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    "Lundell, Agnes (1878 - 1936)". kansallisbiografia.fi. Retrieved 2022-06-25.
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    Nieminen, Marjo (2022). "Breakers of glass ceilings: the professional careers of women in Finland and the graduates of three girls' upper secondary schools (1890s–1910s)". Paedagogica Historica: International Journal of the History of Education: 1–16. doi:10.1080/00309230.2022.2077118. S2CID 249219895.
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    Löhnig, Martin (24 February 2022). Rechtskultur 10: Legal Gender Studies. Norderstedt: BoD – Books on Demand. p. 87. ISBN 978-3-963-74048-0. Retrieved 25 June 2022.
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    Kimble, Sara L. (1 July 2016). New Perspectives on European Women's Legal History. Oxon: Routledge. p. 293. ISBN 978-1-317-57716-4. Retrieved 25 June 2022.
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    Fisher, Beatrice (2002). A Tribute to Women Lawyers Worldwide: FIDA, 1944-1994 : International Federation of Women Lawyers. Lagos: Macmillan Nigeria. p. 151. ISBN 978-9-780-18321-9. Retrieved 25 June 2022.
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    "Lundell, Agnes". www.uppslagsverket.fi. Retrieved 2022-06-25.
  8. [8]
    Kimble 2016, p. 310.
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