Ethel E. Mackiernan was the first woman appointed to a presiding judgeship in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.[1][2][3]
Mackiernan attended Portia Law School.[4][3]
Mackiernan began her legal career in Boston in 1918 and became attorney for the Nantucket Institution for Savings.[1] She was the first woman to be appointed to a full-time judgeship. In 1935, she was appointed by Governor Joseph B. Ely as a judge in the Nantucket District Court.[1][4] In this position she became the first presiding judge of any court in Massachusetts.[3]
Mackiernan was an incorporator of the Norfolk Varnish Co.[5] and assistant treasurer of the Jamaica Plain Cooperative Bank.[6] She lived at 240 Babcock Street in Brookline, Massachusetts.[7] She was a member of the Appalachian Mountain Club.[7]
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edit- ^ a b c "Women's Legal History | Biographical Search". Women's Legal History. Retrieved March 7, 2020.
- ^ Thomas (pseud.), Dorothy (1957). Women Lawyers in the United States. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 9780598675316.
- ^ a b c "Law School History, Experiences & Records – New England Law | Boston". student.nesl.edu. Retrieved March 7, 2020.
- ^ a b @BobMcGovernJr (September 6, 2018). "#TBT: Arthur MacLean, the founder and first dean of Portia Law School (Now @NewEnglandLaw), writes to congratulate alumna Ethel E. Mackiernan on becoming the first female judge in Massachusetts" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ "New Corporations". Paint, Oil and Drug Review. Vol. XLVIII, no. 19. Chicago: D. Van Ness Publishing Company. November 10, 1909. p. 15. Retrieved March 7, 2020.
- ^ Massachusetts Bank Commissioners (1957). Report. p. 6. Retrieved 7 March 2020.
- ^ a b Appalachia Bulletin. Vol. XVIII. Appalachian Mountain Club. May 1925. p. 129. Retrieved 7 March 2020.