The First 100 Years, the organisation charting the journey of women in the legal profession, has created a two-hour guided walk.
The inaugural walk, covering locations significant to the lives of women in the law, will be led by Anne Tickell. She is the granddaughter of Gwyneth Bebb of Bebb v Law Society in which the court held that women were not ‘people’ under the Solicitors Act 1843 and therefore could not become solicitors. This case led to the Sex Disqualification (Removal) Act 1919 that let women practise law for the first time.
The walk takes place at 6pm on 10 May in London, and tickets are now on sale here.
The First 100 Years founder Dana Denis-Smith said the walk is ‘a great way to learn about the achievements of female lawyers over the past century’.
