Women's History Month: Cheryl Maples
Cheryl Maples
Although not fully realized until the USSC ruling Obergefell v. Hodges (2015), Arkansas was the first southern state to extend marriage equality to same-sex couples.
Central to this legal conflict and to later cases involving equal treatment for same-sex was attorney Cheryl Maples.
Maples, a mother of five, enrolled in college at 30, eventually earning a law degree in 1987. Often assisting clients for free until her death in 2019, she was characterized as a civil rights champion and a "social worker with a law degree."
Read more about Cheryl Maples in the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette »
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