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[Letter from Sarah T. Hughes to Norma Payne]

Description: Letter from United States District Judge Sarah T. Hughes to Ms. Norma Payne, in response to a previous letter from Ms. Payne regarding bias against women in law school admission and in the legal profession in general. Judge Hughes describes her admission to and graduation from law school. She writes about the discrimination, or lack thereof, that she encountered as a woman in the law profession and in her later legislative and judicial career.
Date: February 23, 1982
Creator: Hughes, Sarah T. (Sarah Tilghman), 1896-1985
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Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Photograph of Sarah T. Hughes, Lyndon B. Johnson and Ralph Yarborough]

Description: Photograph of Sarah T. Hughes (center), standing beside President Lyndon B. Johnson (right) and Senator Ralph Yarborough (left), before Hughes takes her oath as judge. On the back of the photograph in handwriting, the text reads: "Judge Hughes, President Johnson, Miss Joe Estes and Senator Ralph Yarborough." Dallas Times Herald, October 17, 1961. Photograph department.
Date: October 17, 1961
Creator: Dallas Times Herald
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Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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