Ivy Williams DCL
(1877-1966)

woman, lawyer, Doctor of Civil Law, and first woman to be called to the English bar (from 1922)

Died aged 88

Ivy Williams (7 September 1877 – 18 February 1966) was the first woman to be called to the English bar, in May 1922. She never practised but she was the first woman to teach law at a British university.

DbPedia
Wikidata Wikipedia

Commemorated on 1 plaque

Ivy Williams DCL 1877–1966 lawyer. First woman to be called to the English Bar and to teach Law at Oxford lived here 1887–1904

12 King Edward Street, Oxford, United Kingdom where they lived (1887-1904)