(031372) Hayes, Anna R. Without Precedent: The Life Of Susie Marshall Sharp. Chapel Hill, NC: Univ. Of North Carolina, 2008. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. 559 pages. Fine in Fine DJ. B&W Photographs. Susie Sharp (1907-1996) was the first woman judge in the state of North Carolina and the first woman in the United States to be elected chief justice of a state supreme court ISBN: 9780807832141 (Sharp, Susie M, Women Judges, Biography)