Fern Hobbs
Fern Hobbs (May 8, 1883 – April 10, 1964) was an American attorney in the U.S. state of Oregon, and a private secretary to Oregon Governor Oswald West. She was noted for her ambition and several accomplishments as a young woman, and became the highest-paid woman in public service in America in her mid-twenties.Hobbs made international news when Governor West sent her to implement martial law in the small Eastern Oregon town of Copperfield. The event was considered a strategic coup for West, establishing the State's authority over a remote rural community and cementing his reputation as a proponent of prohibition.Hobbs later worked for the American Red Cross in Europe and at the Oregon Journal newspaper. She died in Portland in 1964.
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Birth date | May 08, 1883 |
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Date of death | April 10, 1964 |
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External resources
- http://arcweb.sos.state.or.us/50th/copperfield/copperfieldintro.html
- http://ir.library.oregonstate.edu/dspace/bitstream/1957/4023/1/Oregon+Women_ocr.pdf
- http://www.moshplant.com/prob/prob02/interview_booth.html
- http://www.onthisdayinoregon.com/01_01.html
- http://www.oregongenealogy.com/baker/copperfield/index.htm