Sarah Shields Explained

Sarah Shields was Arkansas' first female lawyer.[1] [2] [3] Shields graduated from the University of Kentucky Law School and completed her postgraduate work at the Cumberland School of Law in Tennessee[4] On January 28, 1918, Shields became the first female to be called to the Arkansas Bar Association.[5] [6] [7] She married attorney Thomas Cal (T.C.) Jobe and stopped practicing law when the couple moved to Washington whereupon Jobe was elected to the U.S. Senate. She died on January 23, 1983.

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  1. Book: Wright, Robert R.. Old Seeds in the New Land: History and Reminiscences of the Bar of Arkansas. 2001. University of Arkansas Press. 9780943099255. en.
  2. Evins. Janie Synatzske. 1985. Arkansas Women: Their Contribution to Society, Politics, and Business, 1865-1900. The Arkansas Historical Quarterly. 44. 2. 118–133. 10.2307/40023269. 0004-1823. 40023269.
  3. Book: Arkansas Historical Quarterly. 1985. en.
  4. Web site: OCTOBER 1984. Issuu. January 1984 . en. 2019-08-23.
  5. Web site: Women's Legal History. Stanford University.
  6. Web site: Leaders in the law. 2015-11-01. Arkansas Online. en. 2019-08-23.
  7. Web site: Reforming the Bar: Women and the Arkansas Legal Profession. Ross. Frances Mitchell. 1998. University of Arkansas at Little Rock.

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