Agnes Winifred McLaughlin (1882–1964) was the first woman admitted to practice law in New Hampshire.

McLaughlin petitioned the New Hampshire Supreme Court "that she may be allowed to take an examination with a view to [bar] admission".

[3] She became the first woman allowed to practice law in New Hampshire on June 30, 1917.

[4] She later worked in a new estate planning division at the Equitable Life Insurance Company.

[5] The New Hampshire Women's Bar Association, in partnership with the University of New Hampshire Franklin Pierce School of Law, has created a scholarship given to a second year law student each year that is named in McLaughlin's honor.