Author, lawyer, social activist/reformer and educational
innovator are just some of the accomplishments we can attribute to Sophie.
After graduating from Wellesley College in 1888, Sophie taught high school math
in Washington, D.C., before returning home to Kentucky to study law. Sophie was
the first Kentucky woman to pass the bar. She was also the first to receive a
Ph.D. but the sad truth is she left Kentucky because no one would hire a female attorney.
She became a graduate student at the University of Chicago. Her thesis was on "The Administration of Justice in
Kentucky," and her Ph.D. in Political Science came in 1903 with her
dissertation, "Legal Tender; A Study in English and American Monetary
History." As a professor and assistant dean of women, Sophie helped
develop the University of Chicago’s graduate program of social services
administration.
In the next blog will look at some of the other accomplishments attributed to Sophie.
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