15 Facts About Eliza Orme

Eliza Orme was the first woman to earn a law degree in England, from University College London in 1888.

Charles Orme was a distiller and Eliza Orme hosted a salon that was frequented by members of the Pre-Raphaelite brotherhood.

Eliza Orme attended the Bedford College for Women and, in 1869, was one of nine women to write the University of London's first General Examination for Women.

Eliza Orme's teachers included John Elliot Cairnes, W Leonard Courtney, and W A Hunter.

Eliza Orme earned awards and scholarships in Political Economy, Jurisprudence, and Roman Law.

Eliza Orme received her LLB degree from the University of London in 1888.

In 1893, Eliza Orme was invited to send papers to the Congress on Jurisprudence and Law Reform as part of the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago, which was the first time women were invited to join a formal legal congress.

Eliza Orme too became active in Liberal Party politics and as a feminist.

Eliza Orme was involved with the National Society for Women's Suffrage and the Society for the Promotion of the Employment of Women, and other feminist organizations.

Eliza Orme was a founding member of the Women's Liberal Federation in 1887 and edited the Women's Gazette and Weekly News between 1889 and 1891.

Eliza Orme left in 1892 when she was invited to serve as Senior Lady Assistant Commissioner on the Royal Commission on Labour.

Eliza Orme wrote a biography of the WLF founder, Lady Fry of Darlington.

Eliza Orme met the American suffragist Susan B Anthony in 1883 and the late nineteenth century English novelist George Gissing in November 1894, and American suffragist Susan B Anthony in 1883.

Eliza Orme lived for most of her life with her parents in London until their deaths in the 1890s, and then with her sister Beatrice at Tulse Hill.

Eliza Orme was known to correspond with other female lawyers in the United States, as part of the Equity Club.