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The New Hampshire Women's Bar Association's Website
THE NEW HAMPSHIRE WOMEN’S BAR ASSOCIATION
10th ANNIVERSARY GALA HIGHLIGHTS
More Information
"Men their rights and nothing more; women their rights and nothing less."
-Motto ofThe Revolution(The newspaper published by Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony after the 1848 Women's Rights Convention in Seneca Falls, New York).
Our Mission Statement
Our purpose is to promote and support the advancement and interests of women in the legal community through leadership, professional interaction, education and the exchange of ideas between our members and the community.
History
The New Hampshire Women's Bar Association (NHWBA), New Hampshire's first statewide women's bar association, was incorporated in May of 1998 by Maureen Raiche Manning, Jennifer L. Parent, Joy V. Riddell, Claudia C. Damon, and Julie Introcaso.
Incorporation followed closely on the heels of the Hillsborough County Women's Bar Association program entitled "Why Have a Statewide Women's Bar Association in New Hampshire?,"
which was presented by Ellen Kearns of the Women's Bar Association of Massachusetts in February of 1998. Women attorneys throughout New Hampshire were invited to voice their
opinions on whether the women county bar groups should join to establish a statewide women's bar association. The consensus was overwhelming and piloted what is now NHWBA.
On October 1, 1998, NHWBA held its Inaugural Fall Reception in Concord, New Hampshire, inviting attorneys throughout the
state to an open house. An Annual Fall Reception has been held in Concord every October thereafter.
During its first year, NHWBA signed over 200 members.
Click here to read more about our history.
Supported Causes
Winnie McLaughlin Scholarship Fund
Agnes Winifred McLaughlin was the first woman admitted to practice law in New Hampshire on June 30, 1917. To learn more about the scholarship fund created in her honor, please click here.
NHWBA has worked to have a positive influence on the judicial selection and nomination of women attorneys to the bench.
In 2002 the NHWBA was excited to see Governor Jeanne Shaheen swear in the first woman justice of the New Hampshire Supreme Court, Linda Dalianis.
The NHWBA has also been active in supporting the New Hampshire Bar Foundation Legal History Project, and the NHBA Pro Bono Program.
To find out more about our organization, click the links above.
You can contact us at:
NHWBA
P0 Box 915
Manchester, NH
03105-0915
Or e-mail us at:info@nhwba.org
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