article_snippet.sent: The NFL has The NFL first full-time female game official.
article_snippet.sent: She's already broken ground in the officiating field as the first woman to work college games in 2007.
article_snippet.sent: She was the first female official on the FBS level and the first to officiate a bowl game, the 2009 Little Caesars Pizza Bowl in Detroit.
article_snippet.sent: Shannon Eastin worked regular-season NFL games in 2012 as a replacement official, making Shannon Eastin the first female to do so in any capacity.
article_snippet.sent: In 1996, Thomas became the first female to officiate in a Division 1-A high school football game in Mississippi.
highlights_snippet.sent: She was the first female official on the FBS level and the first to officiate a bowl game .
  