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SILVEY-PEARLE TINSLER
MISS SILVEY-PEARLE TINSLER--Prominent among the most interesting women of the twentieth century in California may well be rated Miss Silvey-Pearle Tinsler, the popular attorney of Sacramento, and the daughter of George F. and Mary M. (Livingston) Tinsler, esteemed residents of Des Moines, Iowa. Mr. Tinsler was a pedagogue, teaching in various colleges, and he is now a successful man in the business world. Both parents are still living, and enjoy a pleasant social life.
Silvey-Pearle Tinsler attended both public and private educational institutions, and then she took a special course in jurisprudence at Berkeley, where she was stimulated by personal contact with leaders in the realm of Blackstone, and with representative public men who had accomplished something worth while in the world. Eventually, on March 17, 1917, having taken the state examination, she was admitted to practice at the bar in California; and she has been in the office of Richard P. Talbot ever since. She enjoys the distinction of being the only woman practicing patent law in Sacramento. Miss Tinsler has entered actively into civic and professional life since establishing herself here, and is an honored member of the Bar Association. She specializes in patents, and has been exceptionally successful in her chosen field.
Miss Tinsler is also a member of the Eastern Star, and of the Woman’s and the Tuesday Clubs. She was formerly engaged in theatrical work, and still writes plays. All in all, it is pleasurable to record that Miss Tinsler has held her own in the fairest competition of a wide-awake, progressive local world, and contributes her share toward maintaining the high dignity of the profession in Sacramento County.
Transcribed by: Jeanne Sturgis Taylor.
Source: Reed, G. Walter, History of Sacramento County, California With
Biographical Sketches, Page 926. Historic
Record Company, Los Angeles, CA. 1923.
© 2007 Jeanne Sturgis Taylor.