Sarah T. Hughes: Breaking Barriers on the Bench

Sarah T. Hughes: Breaking Barriers on the Bench

Image from Wikipedia/State Bar of Texas Born: 1896 (Baltimore) Died: 1985 (Dallas) Noted For: Sarah Tilghman Hughes was a politician and judge who is the only woman in U.S. history (to date as of 2019) to have sworn in a U.S. President, having famously administered...
Oveta Culp Hobby: Portrait of a Leader

Oveta Culp Hobby: Portrait of a Leader

Oveta Culp Hobby (right). Image from the New York World-Telegram and the Sun Newspaper Photograph Collection. Born: 1905 (Killeen) Died: 1995 (Houston) Noted For: Oveta Culp Hobby was a civil servant, journalist, and politician noted as the director of the Women’s...
Irma Lerma Rangel: Legislative Trailblazer

Irma Lerma Rangel: Legislative Trailblazer

Image from the Texas House of Representatives. Born: 1931 (Kingsville) Died: 2003 (Austin) Noted For: Irma Rangel was an educator and lawyer noted as the first Mexican American woman elected to the Texas House of Representatives. Irma Lerma Rangel was not a woman...