Marguerite Dilhan


Marguerite Dilhan is the first French lawyer to have pleaded in the sitting court on November 26, 1903. She was sworn in July 1903, at the age of 27, thanks to the law of 1 December 1900 allowing women to take the oath of attorney after Olga Balachowski-Petit and Jeanne Chauvin. She continued her career as a lawyer by opening a law firm in Toulouse, she was also integrated in several associations including the Goutte de lait, a Toulouse association fighting against infant mortality.