Freda Slutzkin (died 1999[1]) was the first woman lawyer in Mandatory Palestine.[2][3]

Freda Slutzkin
Born
Died1999
OccupationLawyer

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Freda Slutzkin was born in Australia. She studied law in Palestine. In 1930, she became the first woman in Mandatory Palestine to take and pass the bar examination.[1][4]

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  1. ^ a b Halonkin, Larissa (17 August 2016), Freda Slutzkin, Australian Women Lawyers as Active Citizens, retrieved 16 November 2016
  2. ^ "MISS FREDA SLUTZKIN. - The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954) - 21 Jun 1930". Sydney Morning Herald. 21 June 1930. Retrieved 2016-09-29.
  3. ^ "Rosa Ginossar | Jewish Women's Archive". Jwa.org. Retrieved 2018-01-17.
  4. ^ Gender and Judging, edited by Ulrike Schultz and Gisela Shaw