Sarah Tilghman Hughes
Mar 30, 1999
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The School Bus crew visited the federal courthouse and learned about Judge Sarah Tilghman Hughes, a prominent woman judge from Texas and the second woman ever to be appointed to a federal district court bench. In 1952 at ..
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The School Bus crew visited the federal courthouse and learned about Judge Sarah Tilghman Hughes, a prominent woman judge from Texas and the second woman ever to be appointed to a federal district court bench. In 1952 at the Democratic national convention, she became the first woman to be nominated for vice president. She was shown in historic photographs with former Presidents Johnson and Kennedy and other dignitaries.
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