How sarah higgins made history

HOW SARAH TILGHMAN HUGHES MADE HISTORY
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Introduction
In the discussion of the history of Texas, there are many deliberations on Sarah Hughes. This lady made history through many incidences which are under consideration in this paper. In outlining how Sarah made history, there is a discussion of the background of this personality which forms the basis of the determination that she had. There is also analysis of the various achievements which went a long way in the culmination of the history that she made. There is the utilization of different sources in a bid to retrieve as much information on the figure as possible. There is credibility in the sources because there seems to be much agreement on the content, and, further, there is an orientation towards glorifying the undertakings of Sarah which contribute to her making of history.
Background
Sarah Tilghman Hughes was born in 1896 in Baltimore, Maryland to James and Elizabeth. “For her high school, she went to the girls’ only Salem Academy whereby; upon consideration of her traits she got selection the president of the freshman class.” Although she was very young and small bodied, the classmates used to describe her as terrible due to her ability to stand her ground and make accurate decisions. “This stance at the school could very much be in association with her leadership qualities which came to propel her to become the American female lawyer and a federal judge when such posts were not easy to achieve, and especially for a woman.

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“The brightest part of the history that Sarah made was the swearing-in of Lyndon Johnson as the president of the United States.” The swearing in was very much spectacular as it happened inside the air force one following the assassination of Kennedy. By so doing, Sarah made history as the only woman in the United States, to have sworn in a president. Usually, the task is for the chief justice, but the circumstances did not allow for the usual flow of events. The incidence set up the widely known most famous photo ever aboard the air force one, that of Sarah administering the oath of office to the president, Lyndon Johnson. Sarah went to a law school and before she graduated, met a man who later married her. In 1922, they moved to Dallas, where they both practiced in the law precincts.
Practice in law and politics
In Dallas, Sarah practiced the law for about eight years before she made up her mind to venture into politics. In the year 1930, Sarah got election as a Democrat in the House of Representatives in Texas. “In 1935, Governor James Allred elected her the 14th district court judge in Dallas.’The appointed made her the first woman district judge. She was reelected and reelected in the same post for many times. She remained in the position until the year 1960. In 1961, President Kennedy appointed her as a judge in the United States North District of Texas as a district judge. Hughes was the only female judge appointed by President Kennedy. She also happened to be the only third woman to serve on the Federal bench.
Many people might be tempted to imagine that the appointments of Hughes were coming without hindrances. That is very far from the truth. For instance, during her appointed as the district Jury by President Kennedy, there were many misgivings from within the government. There was outrage from Johnson, who thought that appointment of Sarah was a means of pouring insults to him and portraying him as a big liar in the history of Texas. Even the president’s office secretary was not for the idea, and he even referred to the appointment as a terrible mistake. Other officers felt that there was a need to have young juries in the designation as opposed to Sarah, whom, according to them, was old for the post. Washington DC insiders and politicians were also not happy with the selection. The only saving hint in the appointment was that; it was the president and that was the final.
“Sarah did not sit on a comfort seat following her appointment and fail to get concerned over the hurdles of women.” In the realization that women got a denial of chances to serve as juries despite their voting capabilities, Sarah, in conjunction with another Helen Moore, authored a document requesting for the inclusion of women as judges without unnecessary encumbrances. Unfortunately, the proposal did not receive much support, and therefore it did not go as far as Sarah had envisioned. Nevertheless, there was much recognition of the efforts of Sarah in seeing the liberation of visionary women juries despite the failure of the bill.
As a judge, Sarah Hughes presided over many cases which happen to be historical. For instance, she presided over the Sharp town bank fraud with a lot of success. Her speedy and impartial administration saw the fast movement of cases in line with the adage in judicial administration that justice delayed is justice denied.
Protecting women and girls
Before the election of Sarah to the House of Representatives, Sarah Hughes engaged in different affairs touching on law. After graduating from college, Sarah taught at the Salem Academy in North Carolina whereby; she specialized in Science. Hughes had been in the academy for quite a while before she went back to school to study law. “Hughes studied at the George Washington University law school.” At the time, she engaged in a much spectacular schedule which is much in association with her success as she made history. Sarah would attend the classes at night. During the day, she would work as a profile office. Such engagements present a highly hard working woman whom it could not have been a mistake to have her elected to the House of Representatives and later as a judge.
As a police officer, Hughes did not find it to carry a gun around or be in uniform. “Her primary mandate, according to her, was to ensure the protection of the rights of women and girls.”She engaged in areas where women runways and prostitutes would be. Her work was from the perspective of rehabilitation rather than punishment. Before her inclusion in the precincts, there used to be wrongful punishments meted on women following the wrong perceptions which could be in association with the lack of woman in the system who could understand their plights well.
The traits of commitment and responsibility in Sarah worked towards seeing a rescue and a better engagement of women and children despite the hard circumstances. The commitment was evident in her lifestyle despite her high education. She lived in a tent home round Potomac River, and she would commute to the campus each evening by use of a canoe. It was not until 1922 that she moved to Dallas, Texas with her husband, George. At first, she would get cases of reference to her as a secretary in the Priest, Herndon small firm.
Involvement in women organizations
“There is recognition that; as her law career progressed, Sarah got much participation in the local women’s organizations, platforms that gave her the opportunity to quench the zeal that she had, of serving women and children and seeing their liberation and attainment of justice.” Many people would have thought that with her advancement in career, there would be little interaction with the women organizations. But that did not happen with Sarah. She joined the Zonta Club as well as the business and professional women club.
The Dallas women political league is the women club that could be much in association with the success of Sarah in the politics later. Following her passion in the clubs touching on women matters, Hughes got to serve as the chair of the AAUW committee on issues touching on the legal and economic status of women. As the head, she got the right platform to advocate for the issues touching on women especially in the judiciary. Hughes took the opportunity of being the chair for AAUW to support the equal pay for the jury system for females. Before such advocacy, there had been trends of having women engaging in the justice system receive relatively little payment in comparison to the men of an equivalent category.
As the chair for the AAUW, Hughes took full force in the advocacy for the improvement of the status and recognition of women in the armed services. “The zeal got fueling from the recognition that; women in the armed services would get little attention, and their status would always be lower than those of men, even in the instances where women had worked extra hard to deserve otherwise.” It might not be in much of the printed records that many women who came to rise in leadership, particularly in law and armed services got the inspiration from the deliberations of Sarah Hughes. Although there was no immediate overwhelming response to the plights she was advocating for; there is a conviction that much of the advancement in recognition of women and uplifting of their status in the judiciary and many other helms of life has much to do with the contributions of Sarah Hughes.
Conclusion
Sarah Tilghman engaged in activities worth lauding in matters concerning women rights and the rights of all human beings. Aided with her law education background, and her traits of commitment and responsibility, Sarah engaged in various affairs of seeing justice and advocacy for women and children. Following her passion, she rose through the ranks and got several laudable achievements. Her appointments at times came with disgruntlement by some government offers, but she had her way. Sarah remains an inspiration to many people and especially women in the jury system, following the examples she set for the cases over which she presided. Her efforts are much in attribution with the advancement of the deliberations of women in the judicial and leadership spheres.
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