Winnie McLaughlinAgnes Winifred McLaughlin was the first woman admitted to practice law in New Hampshire.Early life and workMcLaughlin was born in Coös County, New Hampshire, on April 15, 1882, and she was raised in Lancaster, New Hampshire.Becoming an attorneyMcLaughlin petitioned the New Hampshire Supreme Court "that she may be allowed to take an examination with a view to admission". Her petition states she studied law under two different attorneys from 1911 until 1917 and at the University of Maine Law School. She became the first woman allowed to practice law in New Hampshire on June 30, 1917.Career and deathShe later worked in a new estate planning division at the Equitable Life Insurance Company. She died on October 29, 1964.LegacyThe New Hampshire Women's Bar Association, in partnership with the University of New Hampshire Franklin Pierce School of Law, has created a scholarship given to a second year law student each year that is named in McLaughlin's honor.