First female lawyer

First female lawyer

From Kompas

In a news report published in Kompas on Nov. 10, 1994, the
dean of the school of law of Sumatra Utara University (USU), Reh
Ngena br. Purba, said that the late Prof. Ani Abbas-Manopo was
the first woman in Indonesia who had a law degree.

But if I am not mistaken, the first woman to have a law degree
(Dutch: Meester in de Rechten) was Maria Ulfah Santoso (Mrs.
Subadio), former Social Affairs Minister, and Secretary of Prime
Minister Sutan Syahrir's Cabinet.

In addition, Prof. Ani Abbas-Manopo together with the late
Prof. Mahadi pioneered cooperation between USU and the Nijmegen
(The Netherlands) Christian University's school of law.

K.S. DEPARI

Pematang Siantar

North Sumatra