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In 1925, Texas Governor Pat Neff faced a dilemma: a fraternal organization had a case before the Texas Supreme Court, but all the justices, and nearly every eligible judge and lawyer in the state, were members of the organization and were required to recuse themselves. His solution was to seat a special session of an all-woman Texas Supreme Court, consisting of Hortense Sparks Ward, Ruth Virginia Brazzil, and Hattie Lee Hennenberg. It remains the only all-woman state supreme court in history.
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1925