44:
229:
rejected
Kilgore's application in 1871. She attempted to buy individual tickets to attend lectures. Sometime later, she sent her husband to purchase the lecture passes, but the Board of Trustees informed her that even if she attended every required lecture and passed all of the examinations, they
230:
would not guarantee that she would earn a diploma. After studying privately, Kilgore asked to take the bar exam in 1873 and 1874, but was refused. The dean of the law school stated in a letter that he would resign if the day came when Black people or women gained admittance.
256:, Kilgore sought to vote at city and county elections in 1871. She was ruled against and appealed to the full state supreme court, which affirmed the ruling against her. She published a pamphlet with her argument before the state supreme court, titled
462:
162:, in 1838. Her father, James Burnham, was a woolen manufacturer while her mother Eliza Arnold Burnham was a former teacher. She was orphaned at the age of 11. She attended the Craftsbury Common District School from the ages of 4 to 12.
237:
in 1881, graduating in 1883. She obtained immediate admission to the Orphan’s Court of
Philadelphia, but she had to engage in yet another lobbying campaign to gain admittance to practice before the
205:. She completed her M.D. in 1865, becoming the first woman to receive a doctorate in medicine in New York State. She was a member of the first class of women admitted to clinical study at
650:
311:
127:
610:
365:
Occupations for Women: A Book of
Practical Suggestions for the Material Advancement, the Mental and Physical Development, and the Moral and Spiritual Uplift of Women
640:
202:
138:(January 20, 1838 – June 29, 1909) was the first woman to graduate from: (A) a medical school and be granted an M.D. (in 1865) in New York State and (B) from
620:
571:
296:'s Homecoming Weekend of October 1965, the Trustees dedicated Kilgore House, one of the four houses in the Robert C. Hill Residence Hall, in her honor.
645:
143:
165:
She supported herself as a domestic worker and, starting in 1853, as a schoolteacher. While working as a teacher, Kilgore continued her education at
615:
253:
625:
605:
555:
431:
401:
234:
226:
139:
104:
487:
655:
265:
238:
630:
246:
126:
635:
276:
Carrie
Burnham and Damon Kilgore (1827–1888) married in 1876. The couple had two daughters, Carrie and Fanny. She died in
242:
217:
in
September 1865. She purchased a finishing school and ran it for four years before switching to a legal career in 1869.
201:
at the
Evansville Seminary and Normal School. She moved to New York City in 1863 and enrolled in medical school at the
293:
99:
600:
547:
The
Selected Papers of Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony: Against an aristocracy of sex, 1866 to 1873
277:
87:
514:
299:
In 2024, a historical marker honoring her was unveiled at 1301 Baltimore Pike, Springfield, Pennsylvania.
186:
194:
595:
590:
281:
159:
68:
491:
190:
166:
551:
545:
427:
421:
397:
391:
206:
333:
261:
170:
43:
488:"1880–1900: Timeline of Women at Penn, University of Pennsylvania University Archives"
362:
Willard, Frances
Elizabeth; Winslow, Helen Maria; White, Sallie Elizabeth Joy (1897).
17:
584:
457:
363:
572:"Historical marker honoring trailblazing female attorney unveiled on Baltimore Pike"
233:
After ten years of lobbying, Kilgore finally became the first woman admitted to the
302:
Kilgore is listed as one of the
Philadelphia Bar Association’s Legends of the Bar.
214:
147:
463:
Online
Biographical Dictionary of the Woman Suffrage Movement in the United States
198:
182:
264:. Kilgore served on the advisory committee and as a vice president of the
260:, which included the opinion of the man who originally ruled against her,
209:. After several months studying and working as a physician's assistant in
210:
280:, on June 29, 1909, and was buried at Craftsbury Common Cemetery in
390:
Rebecca Mae Salokar; Mary L. Volcansek (January 1, 1996).
385:
383:
381:
379:
377:
375:
312:
List of first women lawyers and judges in Pennsylvania
357:
355:
150:. She became the first woman lawyer in Pennsylvania.
539:
537:
535:
119:
111:
95:
76:
50:
34:
328:
326:
544:Elizabeth Cady Stanton; Susan B. Anthony (2000).
258:Woman Suffrage. The Argument of Carrie S. Burnham
458:"Biographical Sketch of Carolyn Burnham Kilgore"
426:. Susquehanna University Press. pp. 164–.
515:"Then Again: Vermonter Carrie Burnham Kilgore"
393:Women in Law: A Bio-bibliographical Sourcebook
651:National Woman Suffrage Association activists
423:The Philadelphia Lawyer: A History, 1735–1945
396:. Greenwood Publishing Group. pp. 123–.
185:and taught grammar school and high school at
8:
611:University of Pennsylvania Law School alumni
268:and spoke at national suffrage conventions.
550:. Rutgers University Press. pp. 637–.
415:
413:
42:
31:
27:American lawyer and suffragist (1838–1909)
368:. New York: Success Company. p. 373.
482:
480:
322:
641:19th-century American women physicians
158:Caroline "Carrie" Burnham was born in
142:and be admitted to the orphan's court
235:University of Pennsylvania Law School
227:University of Pennsylvania Law School
140:University of Pennsylvania Law School
105:University of Pennsylvania Law School
7:
490:. Archives.upenn.edu. Archived from
451:
449:
447:
445:
443:
621:19th-century American women lawyers
266:National Woman Suffrage Association
239:Pennsylvania courts of common pleas
513:Bushnell, Mark (January 7, 2024).
25:
646:19th-century American physicians
125:
616:People from Craftsbury, Vermont
1:
626:19th-century American lawyers
606:Suffragists from Pennsylvania
243:Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
338:Philadelphia Bar Association
148:Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
656:Schoolteachers from Vermont
672:
294:University of Pennsylvania
203:Hygeio-Therapeutic College
100:Hygeio-Therapeutic College
631:Lawyers from Philadelphia
254:women's suffrage movement
124:
41:
278:Swarthmore, Pennsylvania
136:Caroline Burnham Kilgore
88:Swarthmore, Pennsylvania
36:Caroline Burnham Kilgore
420:Robert R. Bell (1992).
272:Personal life and death
636:Educators from Vermont
18:Carrie Burnham Kilgore
574:. September 29, 2024.
334:"Legends of the Bar"
282:Craftsbury, Vermont
160:Craftsbury, Vermont
69:Craftsbury, Vermont
247:U.S. Supreme Court
167:Craftsbury Academy
557:978-0-8135-2318-7
433:978-0-945636-26-7
403:978-0-313-29410-5
245:in 1885, and the
207:Bellevue Hospital
181:Kilgore moved to
146:(in 1881) in the
133:
132:
16:(Redirected from
663:
601:American lawyers
576:
575:
568:
562:
561:
541:
530:
529:
527:
525:
510:
504:
503:
501:
499:
494:on March 6, 2009
484:
475:
474:
472:
470:
456:Bushnell, Mark.
453:
438:
437:
417:
408:
407:
387:
370:
369:
359:
350:
349:
347:
345:
330:
262:George Sharswood
197:, where she was
171:Newbury Seminary
129:
83:
65:January 20, 1838
64:
62:
55:Caroline Burnham
46:
32:
21:
671:
670:
666:
665:
664:
662:
661:
660:
581:
580:
579:
570:
569:
565:
558:
543:
542:
533:
523:
521:
512:
511:
507:
497:
495:
486:
485:
478:
468:
466:
455:
454:
441:
434:
419:
418:
411:
404:
389:
388:
373:
361:
360:
353:
343:
341:
332:
331:
324:
320:
308:
290:
274:
223:
213:, she moved to
179:
156:
103:
96:Alma mater
91:
85:
81:
72:
66:
60:
58:
57:
56:
37:
28:
23:
22:
15:
12:
11:
5:
669:
667:
659:
658:
653:
648:
643:
638:
633:
628:
623:
618:
613:
608:
603:
598:
593:
583:
582:
578:
577:
563:
556:
531:
505:
476:
439:
432:
409:
402:
371:
351:
321:
319:
316:
315:
314:
307:
304:
289:
286:
273:
270:
252:Active in the
222:
219:
178:
177:Medical career
175:
155:
152:
131:
130:
122:
121:
117:
116:
113:
109:
108:
97:
93:
92:
86:
84:(aged 71)
78:
74:
73:
67:
54:
52:
48:
47:
39:
38:
35:
26:
24:
14:
13:
10:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
668:
657:
654:
652:
649:
647:
644:
642:
639:
637:
634:
632:
629:
627:
624:
622:
619:
617:
614:
612:
609:
607:
604:
602:
599:
597:
594:
592:
589:
588:
586:
573:
567:
564:
559:
553:
549:
548:
540:
538:
536:
532:
520:
516:
509:
506:
493:
489:
483:
481:
477:
465:
464:
459:
452:
450:
448:
446:
444:
440:
435:
429:
425:
424:
416:
414:
410:
405:
399:
395:
394:
386:
384:
382:
380:
378:
376:
372:
367:
366:
358:
356:
352:
339:
335:
329:
327:
323:
317:
313:
310:
309:
305:
303:
300:
297:
295:
287:
285:
283:
279:
271:
269:
267:
263:
259:
255:
250:
248:
244:
241:in 1884, the
240:
236:
231:
228:
220:
218:
216:
212:
208:
204:
200:
196:
192:
188:
184:
176:
174:
172:
168:
163:
161:
153:
151:
149:
145:
141:
137:
128:
123:
118:
114:
110:
106:
101:
98:
94:
89:
80:June 29, 1909
79:
75:
70:
53:
49:
45:
40:
33:
30:
19:
566:
546:
522:. Retrieved
518:
508:
496:. Retrieved
492:the original
467:. Retrieved
461:
422:
392:
364:
342:. Retrieved
337:
301:
298:
291:
275:
257:
251:
232:
224:
215:Philadelphia
180:
164:
157:
135:
134:
82:(1909-06-29)
29:
596:1909 deaths
591:1838 births
292:During the
187:Sun Prairie
585:Categories
524:January 7,
469:January 7,
318:References
221:Law career
195:Evansville
154:Early life
112:Occupation
61:1838-01-20
498:March 22,
344:March 22,
249:in 1890.
199:preceptor
183:Wisconsin
120:Signature
519:VTDigger
306:See also
115:Attorney
191:Madison
554:
430:
400:
340:. 2000
288:Legacy
211:Boston
193:, and
90:, U.S.
71:, U.S.
552:ISBN
526:2024
500:2015
471:2024
428:ISBN
398:ISBN
346:2015
225:The
169:and
107:(JD)
102:(MD)
77:Died
51:Born
144:bar
587::
534:^
517:.
479:^
460:.
442:^
412:^
374:^
354:^
336:.
325:^
284:.
189:,
173:.
560:.
528:.
502:.
473:.
436:.
406:.
348:.
63:)
59:(
20:)
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.
