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texas

First Woman
U.S. Senator

Year: 1993-2013

Kay Bailey Hutchison

First Woman
Admitted Lawyer

Year: 1905
Year: 1910

Edith W. Locke*
Hortense Sparks Ward

*Never practiced law

First Woman

Governor

Year: 1925-1927
        1933-1935

Miriam Ferguson

First Woman
U.S. Representative

Year: 1965-1967

Lera Millard Thomas

First Woman
State Court Judge

Year: 1935

Sarah T. Hughes

First Woman
State Supreme Court Judge

Year: 1925*

Hortense Sparks Ward
Ruth V. Brazzil
Hattie L. Heneberg

* First all woman panel - sat for 5 mos

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