Please answer the following question: Facts: - death place: raleigh , north carolina , u.s. - successor: joseph branch - party: democratic - death date: 1 march 1996 - predecessor: william bobbitt - office: chief justice of the north carolina supreme court - term end: july 31 , 1979 - term start: january 2 , 1975 - birth date: 7 july 1907 - name: susie sharp - birth place: rocky mount , north carolina , u.s. - alma mater: university carolina , chapel hill of north carolina , greensboro university of north Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of susie sharp .
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susie marshall sharp -lrb- july 7 , 1907 -- march 1 , 1996 -rrb- was an american jurist who served as the first female chief justice of the north carolina supreme court .she was not the first woman to head the highest court in a u.s. state , but is believed to be the first woman elected to such a post in a state , like north carolina , in which the position is elected by the people separately from that of associate justice .in 1965 , lorna e. lockwood became the first female chief justice of a state supreme court , but in arizona , the supreme court justices elect their chief justice .