Caroline Burnham Kilgore (1838–1909) was the first woman admitted to the bar in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Kilore was born in Craftsbury, Vermont in 1838. Her father James Burham was a woolen manufacturer while her mother Eliza Arnold Bunham was a former teacher. Kilgore was orphaned at age eleven. She supported herself as a domestic worker and later as a teacher. While working as a teacher, Kilgore continued her education at Craftsbury Academy and Newbury Seminary.