Sarah Shields

Sarah Shields was Arkansas’ first female lawyer.[1][2][3] She was born on February 25, 1892 to Oliver Hayes Shields (1865-1905) and Jennette Cockrill (1869-1899).[4][5] Shields graduated from the University of Kentucky Law School and completed her postgraduate work at the Cumberland School of Law in Tennessee[6] On January 28, 1918, Shields became the first female to be called to the Arkansas Bar Association.[7][8][9] She married attorney Thomas Cal (T.C.) Jobe (1864-1929)[10] and stopped practicing law when the couple moved to Washington whereupon Jobe was elected to the U.S. Senate.[4] She died on January 23, 1983.

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References
  1. Wright, Robert R. (2001). Old Seeds in the New Land: History and Reminiscences of the Bar of Arkansas. University of Arkansas Press. ISBN 9780943099255.
  2. Evins, Janie Synatzske (1985). "Arkansas Women: Their Contribution to Society, Politics, and Business, 1865-1900". The Arkansas Historical Quarterly. 44 (2): 118–133. doi:10.2307/40023269. ISSN 0004-1823. JSTOR 40023269.
  3. Arkansas Historical Quarterly. 1985.
  4. "Sarah Cockrill Shields Jobe". Find a Grave.
  5. "Sarah Johe in the 1940 Census | Ancestry®". www.ancestry.com. Retrieved 2019-08-24.
  6. "OCTOBER 1984". Issuu. Retrieved 2019-08-23.
  7. "Women's Legal History" (PDF). Stanford University.
  8. "Leaders in the law". Arkansas Online. 2015-11-01. Retrieved 2019-08-23.
  9. Ross, Frances Mitchell (1998). "Reforming the Bar: Women and the Arkansas Legal Profession". University of Arkansas at Little Rock.
  10. "Thomas Cal Jobe (1864-1929)". Find a Grave.
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