{{Short description|Canadian lawyer}} '''Louise Saunders''' (1893–1969) was a lawyer who was called to the bar in 1933 and went on to become the first woman lawyer in Newfoundland.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.heritage.nf.ca/society/womenswalk/wtour2_7.html|title=Women's Walk:Newfoundland and Labrador Heritage|publisher=Memorial University of Newfoundland|accessdate=2008-04-04}}</ref> She began her career as a legal secretary in the office of Richard Squires who was Prime Minister of Newfoundland during the 1920s.
Saunders was born in Greenspond and died in St. John's.
== See also == * First woman lawyers around the world
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