RARE "10th Woman Admitted To The Bar" Margaret MacKay Hand Signed 5.75X3.5 Card For Sale
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RARE "10th Woman Admitted To The Bar" Margaret MacKay Hand Signed 5.75X3.5 Card:
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Up for sale a RARE! "10th Woman Admitted To The New Zealand Bar" Margaret MacKay Hand Signed 5.75X3.5 Card.
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Margaret Smith MacKay (1903–1998) was a
New Zealand lawyer. She was the tenth woman in New Zealand to be admitted to
the bar.
MacKay was born in Oamaru, in New Zealand's South Island, in
1903. Her father, Adam MacKay, had emigrated to Oamaru from Kilmarnock,
Scotland, with his widowed mother and brother. He established a grocery
business in the town. MacKay
initially worked as a junior typist in her uncle’s Oamaru law firm, Grave &
Grave. She studied law by correspondence through the University of Otago. She
was admitted to the bar in 1929, becoming the tenth woman in New Zealand and
the second woman in Otago to be admitted to the bar. MacKay was promoted to the
position of managing clerk, and in 1946 she became a partner in Lee, Grave
& Zimmerman, but opposition from one partner meant that her name was not
added to the partnership list until his retirement in 1961. In 1948 MacKay's
uncle, A.J. Grave, died and left his private golf course at Waianakarua to MacKay. She maintained and played on the
course until her death. MacKay was also actively involved with Presbyterian
Support Services and the establishment of Iona Home and Hospital. A wing of the
house is named after her. The Otago Women Lawyers Society awarded
MacKay life membership in recognition of her pioneering career in law in Otago. MacKay
died in 1998, aged 95.
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