Richard Nelson, U.S. District Court PDF article about the first women lawyers in each state Woxland, Thomas A., "In Re Dorsett: Opening the Minnesota Bar to Women", The Bench and Bar of Minnesota, November, 1990 at 245. In re Application of Martha Angle Dorsett to Be Admitted to Practice as Attorney and Counselor at Law (Minn. C. P. Hennepin Cty., 1876), in The Syllabi, Oct. 21, 1876, pp. 5, 6 (emphasis added). 1851 births 1918 deaths People from Randolph, New York Minnesota lawyers University of Michigan alumni 19th-century American lawyers 19th-century American women lawyers