Sybil Ward

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Sybil Ward
Born(1894-06-24)June 24, 1894
DiedMarch 31, 1977(1977-03-31) (aged 82)
Wilmington
Occupationlawyer

Sybil Ursula Ward (June 24, 1894 – March 31, 1977) was one of the first female lawyers in Delaware.[1]

Ward was born on June 24, 1894, in Wilmington, Delaware. She was born into a family of lawyers, as her father Herbert H. Ward was an attorney.[2] She had attended the Wheaton College in Massachusetts and completed her legal education at the University of Pennsylvania Law School.[3][4] In 1923, she and Evangelyn Barsky were the first women admitted to practice law in Delaware. Ward then practiced with her father at the law firm Ward & Gray.[5][6] She would go on to become the first female to serve on the Wilmington City Council.

She died on March 31, 1977, in Wilmington.[4][7]

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