# Sybil Ward

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

Ward was born on June 24, 1894, in [Wilmington, Delaware](/source/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](/source/Wheaton_College_(Massachusetts)) in Massachusetts and completed her legal education at the [University of Pennsylvania Law School](/source/University_of_Pennsylvania_Law_School).[3][4] In 1923, she and [Evangelyn Barsky](/source/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]

## See also

- [List of first women lawyers and judges in Delaware](/source/List_of_first_women_lawyers_and_judges_in_Delaware)

## References

1. Weatherford, Doris (2012-01-20). [*Women in American Politics: History and Milestones*](https://books.google.com/books?id=wW5wumFHKSEC&pg=SL11-PA347). SAGE. ISBN 9781608710072.

1. [*The National Cyclopedia of American Biography: Being the History of the United States*](https://books.google.com/books?id=BbCrtsxL4YQC). 1932.

1. ["Sybil Ward passes Bar Exam"](http://www.newspapers.com/clip/4837790/sybil_ward_passes_bar_exam/). *Newspapers.com*. Retrieved 2019-08-27.

1. ["Sybil Ursula Ward"](https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/17270659/sybil-ursula-ward). *Find a Grave*

1. Fishman, Margie. ["First woman tapped to lead major Delaware law firm"](https://www.delawareonline.com/story/news/2018/01/25/first-woman-tapped-lead-major-delaware-law-firm/1061634001/). *delawareonline*. Retrieved 2019-08-27.

1. ["First Women Admitted to Delaware Bar in 1923"](http://blogs.lawlib.widener.edu/delaware/2011/04/28/first-women-admitted-to-delaware-bar-in-1923/). Retrieved 2019-08-27.

1. ["IN MEMORIAM: SYBIL WARD"](http://www.newspapers.com/newspage/154953700/). *The News Journal*. April 1, 1977. Retrieved 2019-08-27.

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