Frances Christian Kyle, LLB (30 October 1893 – 22 June 1958) was a Northern Irish barrister and the first woman, together with Averil Deverell, to be admitted to the bar in either Ireland or Great Britain,[1][2] being called to the Bar of Ireland on 1 November 1921.[3][4] It not only made headlines in Dublin but also New York City, London, and India. It was almost a year before any woman was called to the English bar (Ivy Williams, 10 May 1922).[5]
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