Pauline Woodward, attorney, was born on September 28, 1901 in Logan Township, southwest of Leon in Butler County, Kansas. Here, she grew up, attending local schools in Leon.

After attending Southwestern College in Winfield for one and one-half years, she transferred to the University of Kansas in Lawrence, where she graduated with a degree in law in 1923.

Coming to El Dorado, Kansas as the wife of local attorney Richard Woodward, Pauline began working as secretary, bookkeeper, and lawyer in her husband’s law office. In 1935, the Woodward’s opened their own partnership under the name of Woodward and Woodward.

During her career as an attorney, Pauline also served as assistant and acting city attorney in El Dorado.

n 1973, the Kansas Bar Association recognized Pauline Woodward as the first woman in Kansas to practice law for 50 years. A past president of the Butler County Bar Association, she is also listed in the first edition of Who’s Who in American Women.