. "Fern Hobbs"@en . "1883-05-08Z"^^ . "American lawyer" . . "Hobbs, Fern"@en . . . . . "1964-04-10Z"^^ . . "1883Z"^^ . "1964Z"^^ . "Fern Hobbs (May 8, 1883 \u2013 April 10, 1964) was an American attorney in the U.S. state of Oregon, and a private secretary to Oregon Governor Oswald West. She was noted for her ambition and several accomplishments as a young woman, and became the highest-paid woman in public service in America in her mid-twenties.Hobbs made international news when Governor West sent her to implement martial law in the small Eastern Oregon town of Copperfield."@en .