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The Toledo Women's Bar Association

ARABELLA BABB MANSFIELD AWARD - In May of each year, the Toledo Women’s Bar Association (TWBA) bestows an award upon an individual lawyer who has made a significant contribution to the legal profession, assisted women lawyers in achieving success, or improved the status of women through hard work, devotion, and example.  The award is named for Arabella (Belle) Babb Mansfield who passed the Iowa bar exam in 1869 and went on to become the first woman licensed to practice law in the United States. 

Past Recipients:

1987 - Elena Ray Diller

1988 - The Hon. Vernelis K. Armstrong

1989 - The Hon. Alice Robie Resnick

1990 – Beverly J. McBride

1991 - Marcia R. Goldberg

1992 - Prof. Janet L. Wallin

1993 - The Hon. June Rose Galvin

1994 - Linde Hurst Webb

1995 - The Hon. Judith A. Lanzinger

1996 - Dorothy B. McCrory

1997 - The Hon. Frederick H. McDonald

1998 - Catherine B. Martineau

1999 – Denise M. Hasbrook

2000 - The Hon. Ruth Ann Franks

2001 - Julia R. Bates

2002 - The Hon. Arlene Singer

2003 - Paula S. Hicks-Hudson

2004 - Andrea C. Weinstein

2005 - Holly Taft Sydlow

2006 - Kathleen Maher Zouhary

2007 - Magistrate Nancy Miller

2008 - Gabrielle Davis

2009 - Margaret J. Lockhart

2010 - The Hon. James G. Carr

2011 - Catherine Garcia-Feehan

2012 - Janine T. Avila

2013 – Kyle Alison Cubbon

2014 – Barbara J. Stutz

2015 – Dean Daniel J. Steinbock

2016 – The Hon. Mary Ann Whipple

2017- The Hon. Connie Zemmelman

2018 – Michael P. Mikkonen

2019 - Angelita Cruz-Bridges

2020 - No recipient

2021 - No recipient

2022 - The Hon. Lori Olender

2023 - Lucinda Weller



Toledo Women's Bar Association is a 501(c)6 non-profit organization. P.O. Box 1724, Toledo, Ohio 43603-1724

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