Byles, Marie

Pioneering woman lawyer, bushwalker and Buddhist.

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Ashton-upon-Mersey, Cheshire, England
8 Apr 1900
Died
21 Nov 1979
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Byles, Marie

by Jonathan Solomon, 2008

 

Sydney's first woman lawyer, Marie Byles overcame formal and informal obstacles in order to practise as a solicitor. She mentored other women in law, and became an advocate for women's rights in other fields, as well as an environmental activist and a writer about Buddhism.
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