Caroline Burnham Kilgore waited 16 years to be recognized as a member of the bar and was the first female lawyer in the largest city in the US that was founded in 1682.
Kilgore persevered sixteen years before she became a recognized member of the bar. Kilgore was the first woman lawyer in Philadelphia. Philadelphia, colloquially Philly, is the largest city in the [[U.S._state|U.S. 1682 
