Helena Normanton: Difference between revisions

'''Helena Florence Normanton''', [[Queen's Counsel|QC]] (14 December 1882 – 14 October 1957) was the first female barrister in the United Kingdom.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Bourne|first=Judith|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/968906404|title=Helena Normanton and the opening of the Bar to women|date=2016|others=Mary Jane Mossman|isbn=978-1-910979-17-4|location=Hook, Hampshire, United Kingdom|oclc=968906404}}</ref> In November 1922, she was the second woman to be [[call to the bar|called to the Bar]] of England and Wales, following the example set by [[Ivy Williams]] in May 1922. When she married she kept her surname and in 1924 she was the first British married woman to have a passport in the name she was born with. In October 2021 Normanton was honoured by the installation of an English Heritage [[Blue plaque]] at her London home in [[Mecklenburgh Square]].