1966: Constance Baker Motley was appointed to the federal judiciary by President Lyndon Johnson to the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York... Read more about 1966: Constance Baker Motley was appointed to the federal judiciary by President Lyndon Johnson to the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York...
1975: Julia Cooper Mack became the first woman of color appointed to a court of last resort in the U.S... Read more about 1975: Julia Cooper Mack became the first woman of color appointed to a court of last resort in the U.S...
1949: Burnita Shelton Matthews became the first woman to serve as a federal district court judge... Read more about 1949: Burnita Shelton Matthews became the first woman to serve as a federal district court judge...
1922: Florence Ellinwood Allen became the first woman elected to a state supreme court... Read more about 1922: Florence Ellinwood Allen became the first woman elected to a state supreme court...
1925: The first and only all-female state supreme court... Read more about 1925: The first and only all-female state supreme court...
2009:Sonia Sotomayor was appointed as an... Read more about 2009:Sonia Sotomayor was appointed as an...
1981:Sandra Day O'Connor, a former Repub... Read more about 1981:Sandra Day O'Connor, a former Repub...
1963:Justice Lorna Lockwood of Arizona b... Read more about 1963:Justice Lorna Lockwood of Arizona b...
1884:Belva Lockwood, the first woman adm... Read more about 1884:Belva Lockwood, the first woman adm...
