Agnes McWhinney (1891–1987) was a solicitor in Queensland , Australia. She was one of the first female solicitors in Australia, following Victoria's Flos Greig (admitted to practice in 1905) and Anna Brennan (in 1911).
5-786: McWhinney is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Madeline McWhinney Dale (1922–2020), American economist and banker Agnes McWhinney (1891–1987), Australian lawyer Alec Mawhinney (1894–1967), Australian rules footballer Glenn McWhinney (1930–2012), Canadian football player Ian McWhinney (1926–2012), English physician and academic Jeff McWhinney (born 1960), Irish deaf social entrepreneur and activist Peter McWhinney (born 1956), Australian golfer Ted McWhinney (1924–2015), Canadian lawyer, academic and politician See also [ edit ] McWhinney point Grady McWhiney (1928–2006), American historian [REDACTED] Surname list This page lists people with
10-462: A solicitor on 7 December 1915. However, she then had to repeatedly protest to be paid a comparable wage to male solicitors. On 23 March 1920, McWhinney married Lowell Mason Osborne and discontinued her paid employment and only did legal work as a community service. On 5 October 1926, McWhinney was present when Katherine Elizabeth McGregor became the first female barrister in Queensland when she
15-461: Is different from Wikidata All set index articles Agnes McWhinney Agnes McWhinney was born on 25 September 1891 at Ravenswood Junction (now known as Mingela ) in Queensland, the daughter of Andrew McWhinney and his wife Margaret (née McIntyre). She attended Townsville Grammar School . McWhinney's ambition was to become a doctor, but the cost of attending medical school in Sydney
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25-610: Was very expensive. Her brother Joseph McWhinney was completing his Articles of Clerkship at solicitors, Wilson and Ryan, in Townsville and he persuaded her to pursue the law instead. In 1910, Wilson and Ryan accepted Agnes McWhinney as an articled clerk. Although Justice Pope Cooper of the Northern Supreme Court of Queensland disliked the idea of women entering the legal profession, he was unable to find any basis to refuse her and so admitted her to practise as
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