Arabella Babb Mansfield Award
Call for Nominations
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.
Nominations must be submitted to the TWBA Nominating Committee on or before April 26, 2019, and should include: (1) your name and contact information; (2) the nominee’s name, contact information, and present position; (3) a brief statement detailing why you think the nominee should receive this award; and (4) a summary of the nominee’s professional and/or civic activities and accomplishments.
By e-mail to Angelita Cruz Bridges, Chair Nominating Committee: cruzbridgesa@aol.com
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Past Arabella Babb Mansfield Award recipients include:
2018 – Michael P. Mikkonen
2002 - Hon. Arlene Singer
2017- Hon. Connie Zemmelman
2001 - Julia R. Bates
2016 – Hon. Mary Ann Whipple
2000 - Hon. Ruth Ann Franks
2015 – Dean Daniel J. Steinbock
1999 – Denise M. Hasbrook
2014 – Barbara J. Stutz
1998 - Catherine B. Martineau
2013 – Kyle Alison Cubbon
1997 - Hon. Frederick H. McDonald
2012 - Janine T. Avila
1996 - Dorothy B. McCrory
2011 - Catherine Garcia-Feehan
1995 - Hon. Judith A. Lanzinger
2010 - Hon. James G. Carr
1994 - Linde Hurst Webb
2009 - Margaret J. Lockhart
1993 - Hon. June Rose Galvin
2008 - Gabrielle Davis
1992 - Prof. Janet L. Wallin
2007 - Magistrate Nancy Miller
1991 - Marcia R. Goldberg
2006 - Kathleen Maher Zouhary
1990 – Beverly J. McBride
2005 - Holly Taft Sydlow
1989 - Hon. Alice Robie Resnick
2004 - Andrea C. Weinstein
1988 - Hon. Vernelis K. Armstrong
2003 - Paula S. Hicks-Hudson
1987 - Elena Ray Diller
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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