Ivy Williams was born in Newton Abbot in Devon back in 1877. She was privately educated, until she entered college at the Society of Oxford Home Students, where she graduated in 1903 with a BA, MA and BCL. Due to the career, she had set her sights on she was unable to fulfill her dream until 1920.
She enjoyed tennis, traveling, gardening and driving. As she aged she learned to read Braille after her eyesight began to fail. She wrote a Braille primer which was published by the National Institute for the Blind in 1948. She died in Oxford in 1966.
What you may not know about Dr. Ivy Williams is that she is the first woman to be called to the English Bar in 1922. Before then women were not allowed to practice law. She never entered into private practice, but taught law at the Society of Oxford Home Students from 1920 to 1945. In 1923she was also the first woman to be awarded the degree of DCL (Doctor of Civil Law). Talk about never giving up, she is a fine example. Until tomorrow my wish for you is to have a very happy day, filled with lots of laughter.
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