History
Frances Tilton Weaver was born in 1904 in Hays, Kansas. During her formative years, her family relocated to the midwestern town of Valparaiso, Indiana. While in Valparaiso, Tilton attended the Valparaiso University School of Law; in 1925, she became the first female graduate in the law school's history.
Tilton was admitted to practice law before the Supreme Court of Indiana in 1925, the Supreme Court of Illinois in 1927, and the United States District Court of Illinois in 1929. She was reported to be the youngest woman attorney to have licenses to practice law in the state supreme courts, and she was the first woman ever to practice law in Porter County, Indiana. Tilton practiced law in Chicago until 1933, at which time she joined her father in practice in Valparaiso.
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