Ethel Benjamin, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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New Zealand lawyer
Date of Birth: 19-Jan-1875
Place of Birth: Dunedin, Otago Region, New Zealand
Date of Death: 14-Oct-1943
Profession: lawyer
Nationality: New Zealand
Zodiac Sign: Capricorn 
About Ethel Benjamin
- Ethel Rebecca Benjamin (19 January 1875 – 14 October 1943) was New Zealand's first female lawyer.
- On 17 September 1897, she became the first woman in the British Empire to appear as counsel in court, representing a client for the recovery of a debt.
- She was the second woman in the Empire to be admitted as a barrister and solicitor, two months after Clara Brett Martin of Canada.
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