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First 100 Years is a project launched by Obelisk Legal Support Solutions, in partnership with The Law Society and the Bar Council. It is a five year project which seeks to discover and commemorate the stories of pioneering and inspiring women in the legal profession. The project was launched in 2014 and will run to 2019, culminating with the 100 year anniversary of the 1919 Sex Disqualification (Removal) Act.

Background
Dana Denis-Smith, CEO and co-founder of Obelisk Support, cites a particular photograph as the inspiration behind the project, depicting a lone woman partner in a top law firm. The project was launched in 2014, on International Women’s Day.

About
Running until 2019, the project will commission 100 interviews with past and present leading women in the legal profession. It will also gather statements and create biographies which depict the journey of women in the law since 1919. The project aims to create a positive account of the history of women in law, in contrast to the ‘negative narrative of the diversity debate’, and to ‘celebrate the past and change the future of the profession’.