María Angélica Barreda (15 May 1887 – 21 July 1963) became in 1910 the first woman admitted to practice law in

Argentina Argentina, officially the Argentine Republic, is a country in the southern half of South America. It covers an area of , making it the List of South American countries by area, second-largest country in South America after Brazil, the fourt ...

. She graduated from the

National University of La Plata The National University of La Plata (, UNLP) is a national public research university located in the city of La Plata, capital of Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. It has over 90,000 regular students, 10,000 teaching staff, 17 departments and 10 ...

, receiving her degree on 28 December 1909. in 2023, at the

University of Buenos Aires The University of Buenos Aires (, UBA) is a public university, public research university in Buenos Aires, Argentina. It is the second-oldest university in the country, and the largest university of the country by enrollment. Established in 1821 ...

, commemorative plaques were erected to remember two significant female lawyers in Argentina: Dr. María Angélica Barreda, the first woman lawyer in Argentina, graduated from the UNLP, and Dr. Celia Tapias, the first woman lawyer to graduate from the UBA.

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