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Google Doodle honours Cornelia Sorabji, India's 1st female advocate

By: Team Ifairer | Posted: 15-11-2017
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After a period in work, in 1892 she was given permission to take Oxford's law exams. However, she was not awarded a degree simply because she was a woman - a tradition that did not change until decades later. She returned to India in 1894.

She eventually landed a job as a legal adviser for the Indian government, but she was not admitted to the Allahabad high court until 1923, when the ban on female lawyers was lifted.
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