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==Background==

==Background==

Born in Greenville, [[Texas]], east of [[Dallas]],  Maud Robinson was the oldest of four children of John W. "Jack" Robinson and the former Ida Louise Faucett. Because her mother died when Crawford was nine years of age, she was reared by her maternal grandmother, Mary Louise Faucett Ritchey, in Warren in Bradley County in southern Arkansas. Ritchey operated a boarding house with her second husband, Thomas Ritchey. Robinson went to local schools and was the [[valedictorian]] of her 1911 graduating class at Warren High School. She attended the  [[University of Arkansas]] in Fayetteville, for the 1911–1912 academic year.[1]  

Born in Greenville, [[Texas]], she was the daughter of John W. Robinson (1865-1940) and the former Ida Louise Faucett (1875-1900). Because her mother died when Crawford was nine years of age, she was reared by her maternal grandmother, Mary Louise "Lou" Faucett Ritchey (died 1928), in Warren in Bradley County in southern Arkansas. Ritchey operated a boarding house with her second husband, Thomas Ritchey. Robinson went to local schools and was the [[valedictorian]] of her 1911 graduating class at Warren High School. She attended the  [[University of Arkansas]] in Fayetteville, for the 1911–1912 academic year.[1] In 1916, Maud Robinson began work as a stenographer at the Gaughan law firm in Camden. In 1925, she married Clyde Falwell Crawford (1894–1969),[2] a scion of a pioneer Camden family. The couple had no children.

In 1916, Robinson began work as a stenographer at the Gaughan law firm in Camden. In 1925, she married Clyde Falwell Crawford (1894–1969),[2] a scion of a pioneer Camden family. The couple had no children.

Having learned the principles of law while working at the Gaughan firm, in 1927, Crawford took the bar exam at the UA Law School. She passed the exam, first in her class. Crawford's field of expertise was estate management and title work, important to an area with considerable petroleum drilling. She was admitted to the bar took place ten years after women were first permitted to practice law in Arkansas.[1]

Having learned the principles of law while working at the Gaughan firm, in 1927, Crawford took the bar exam at the UA Law School. She passed the exam, first in her class. Crawford's field of expertise was estate management and title work, important to an area with considerable petroleum drilling. She was admitted to the bar took place ten years after women were first permitted to practice law in Arkansas.[1]