Lee Tai-young

For other people with the same Korean name, see Lee Tae-yeong (disambiguation).
In this Korean name, the family name is Lee.
Lee Tai-young
이태영
Born(1914-08-10)10 August 1914
Pukjin, Unsan County, Korea, Empire of Japan
Died16 December 1998(1998-12-16) (aged 84)
SpouseChyung Yil-hyung
Children4[1]
ParentKim Heung-won (mother)
Korean name
Hangul
이태영
Hanja
Revised RomanizationI Taeyeong
McCune–ReischauerYi T'aeyŏng

Lee Tai-young (Korean: 이태영; 10 August 1914 – 16 December 1998), also spelled Yi T'ai Yǒng, was Korea's first female lawyer [other sources refer to her as the first female lawyer in South Korea].[2] She was also the founder of the country's first legal aide centre.[3] She fought for women's rights all through her career.[4] Her often mentioned refrain was, "No society can or will prosper without the cooperation of women." Her dedication to law also got her the epithet "the woman judge."[1]

Certain resources have misidentified Lee as the first female judge in Korea's history. The first Korean woman to become a judge was Hwang Yun-suk in 1954.[5][6][7] While Lee had sought a judicial appointment around 1954, she was denied a judgeship due to political reasons.[8] She eventually became a judge later in her legal career.

  1. ^ a b "The 1975 Ramon Magsaysay Award for Community Leadership:Biography of Lee Tai-Young". Official website of Magsaysay Award Organization. Archived from the original on 11 March 2008. Retrieved 28 April 2013.
  2. ^ Steinberg, David I. (2002). Stone mirror: reflections on contemporary Korea. EastBridge. p. 86. ISBN 978-1-891936-20-3. Retrieved 27 April 2013.
  3. ^ Encyclopedia of Women Social Reformers: A-L-v. 2. M-Z. ABC-CLIO. 2001. pp. 391–. ISBN 978-1-57607-101-4. Retrieved 26 April 2013.
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference Behnke2005 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ Miyazawa, Setsuo; Ji, Weidong; Fukurai, Hiroshi; Chan, Kay-Wah; Vanhullebusch, Matthias (2015-03-13). East Asia's Renewed Respect for the Rule of Law in the 21st Century: The Future of Legal and Judicial Landscapes in East Asia. Hotei Publishing. ISBN 9789004274204.
  6. ^ 이, 종하 (2013-10-08). 4월의 모든 역사 - 한국사 (in Korean). 디오네. ISBN 9788998241759.
  7. ^ Other sources stated that Lee Tai-young was the first female judge in Korea's history. While Lee sought a judicial appointment around 1954, she was denied a judgeship due to political reasons.
  8. ^ Miyazawa, Setsuo; Ji, Weidong; Fukurai, Hiroshi; Chan, Kay-Wah; Vanhullebusch, Matthias (2015-03-13). East Asia's Renewed Respect for the Rule of Law in the 21st Century: The Future of Legal and Judicial Landscapes in East Asia. Hotei Publishing. ISBN 9789004274204.