The first female attorney in the United States was Arabella Mansfield. Mansfield was admitted to the Iowa State Bar in 1869. Despite an Iowa State Law that only allowed white males over the age of the twenty one to take the bar exam, Mansfield was allowed to take the bar and passed with high marks. The same year the law was changed to allow women admittance to the State Bar.
Tonight, It saddens me that my fellow Iowans ousted all 3 Supreme Court justices that legalized same-sex marriage in Iowa.
Thank you, Supreme Court Chief Justice Marsha Ternus and associate justices Michael J. Streit and David L. Baker for your courage and service. You are truly Iowans and Americans.
To the folks who voted to repeal those judges: congrats on calling to task judges whose decision resulted in a $5.3 million net gain to the Iowa economy and to which 92% of Iowans said didn’t impact them at all.
These results are not representative of the Iowa I know. We remain leaders in civil rights and especially leaders in common sense.
Iowa is better than this and will remain my home.
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