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She met her husband, a Texan, at the school, and they moved to the Dallas area after graduation. During her three terms, she fought for women to serve on juries there, a civic role from which they were at the time barred.

In , she became the first female state district judge in when Texas Governor James Allred appointed her to the 14th District Court in Dallas. In January of , she told Vice President Johnson, a fellow Texan, that she wanted to be a federal judge. Johnson struggled to convince Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy to nominate her for a Federal District Court judgeship, in part because of personal tensions between the two, and in part because RFK reportedly thought she was too old at Johnson nominated another man for the post, but Hughes had one more card to play.

Hughes continued to make history after that moment on the plane. Supreme Court, which affirmed in Roe v. Wade that it was unconstitutional to prohibit abortions. Hughes died on Apr. And she would probably rather be remembered for her impact on judicial — and presidential — history, rather than specifically as someone who broke new ground for women. Write to Olivia B. Waxman at olivia. Lyndon B. Johnson: Preserve Sarah T. Hughes: Protect Lyndon B.

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