Emily Eva Mullenger Sloan (October 27, 1878 – September 16, 1973)[1] became the first woman elected to the office of county attorney in Montana in 1924. She won her election as County Attorney in Carbon County, Montana by 33 votes. She was the 22nd female attorney in Montana.[2]
Sloan was born in Oregon, Wisconsin and grew up in South Dakota; she lived in Belle Fourche, South Dakota as a teenager. She became a ranch wife and raised four children. Because she did not have a high school diploma, she was accepted as a special student at the University of Montana Law School, where she studied from October 1, 1917, to June 2, 1919.[3]
Although she was not able to complete her studies and graduate, she passed the bar exam and was admitted to the Montana Bar in June 1919.[4] She practiced law in Yellowstone County, Montana for three years. Then she moved to Red Lodge, Montana to run for County Attorney.
She worked as the Carbon County attorney from 1924 to 1926.[4][5] In 1938 she sought, but failed to secure, nomination for clerk of the district court.[6]
She is also known for a 1956 novel set in Rhame, North Dakota, Prairie Schoolma'am,[7] and a book of poetry, Ballads of the Plains.[8]
She lived into her 90s.[9]
Works
edit- Ballads of the Plains. Denver: Great Western Publishing Co. 1908. Retrieved 2014-09-01.
- Prairie Schoolma'am. New York: Vantage Press. 1956. OCLC 10882033.
- Hitting the High Spots. Mesa, Arizona: V. Carter Service, 1959. OCLC: 41768210
References
edit- ^ "Washington Death Index, 1965-2014," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QLW9-LWBS : 13 July 2017), Emily E Sloan, 16 Sep 1973, Pierce, Washington, United States; from the Department of Health, Death Index, 1907-1960; 1965-2014, Washington State Archives, Digital Archives (https://www.digitalarchives.wa.gov/Collections/TitleInfo/472 : n.d.); Citing Washington State Department of Health.
- ^ "Lawyer and Balladeer of the Plains: The Story of Emily E. Sloan". Media - Women's and Gender Studies. Archived from the original on 2014-09-05. Retrieved 2014-09-01.
- ^ "Essay: When a Woman Campaigns". Montana Law Review. 74 Mont. L. Rev. 355 (Summer). 2013. Retrieved 2014-09-01.
- ^ a b "Montana Women & the Law". National Womens Month - Montana Courts. Retrieved 2014-09-01.
- ^ Campbell, Lilian (January 4, 1926). "With the Women of Today". The Times-Tribune. Scranton, PA. p. 10. Retrieved October 7, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Certify Four for Clerk Job". The Billings Gazette. Billings, MT. October 30, 1938. p. 5. Retrieved October 7, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Sloan, Emily E (1956). Prairie schoolma'am. New York: Vantage Press. OCLC 10882033.
- ^ Burke, Bari R., Margaret Bentwood. Honoring Emily E. Sloane: A Special Student. 52 Montana Law Review (1991)
- ^ Burke, Bari R. "Article: Afterword: Pulling for the Shore of Independence". 59 Tenn. L. Rev. 479. Retrieved 2014-09-01.
