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Blanche Azoulay
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Blanche Azoulay was the first woman to become a lawyer in Algeria, upon being called to the Bar of Algiers in 1908. Believed to be the first female lawyer in Africa.
Quotes about Azoulay
Mlle Blanche Azoulay, who is the first woman to be admitted to the Bar of Algiers, recently took the oath in the Court of Appeal. For the occasion, the bâtonnier, the leader of the bar, offered a welcome to the French courts.
Contemporary press report, 1908
Fifteen years before South Africa began allowing women to become lawyers, Blanche Azoulay likely became the first female lawyer in all of Africa when she was called to the bar in Algeria in 1908.
External links
Category:lawyers from Algeria