Section 21-1-201 - Gender not a bar to holding office(a) Gender shall not be a bar to the holding of any public or civil office in this state.(b) Women, where otherwise qualified, shall be entitled to hold public or civil office, whether elective or appointive, under the Arkansas Constitution and statutes of this state.Acts 1921, No. 59, §§ 1, 2; Pope's Dig., §§ 10436, 10437; A.S.A. 1947, §§ 12-101, 12-102.