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First female to clerk for the U.S. Court of Appeals: Carmel “Kim” Prashker Ebb in 1945 [46] [47] First female to clerk for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit: Doris Gray [48] [49] First African American female to clerk for the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims: Janene D. Jackson [50]
One such woman was Mary O'Toole, who became the first woman municipal judge of the United States, when she was appointed Judge of the Municipal Court of Washington, D.C. by President Harding in 1921. [ 7 ] [ 8 ] In 1925, the first female lawyer in California, Clara Shortridge Foltz , was considered for a federal judgeship at the age of 76.
1928 – Genevieve Cline won U.S. Senate confirmation on May 25, 1928, as a judge of the United States Customs Court (now known as the Court of International Trade), received her commission on May 26, 1928, and took her oath of office in the Cleveland Federal Building on June 5, 1928, [27] thus becoming the first American woman appointed to the ...
Catalina Rojas and Joaquina Vega: [226] [227] [228] First female judges in Nicaragua (1948-1949). Vega would later become the first female district court judge in Nicaragua (c. 1964). [229] Vilma Núñez de Escorcia: [230] [231] [232] First female to serve as a Judge and Vice-President of the Supreme Court of Nicaragua (1979)
Jul. 10—Forty years ago, Sandra Day O'Connor became the first female justice named to the Supreme Court of the United States. O'Connor, appointed by President Ronald Reagan on July 7, 1981 ...
Phyllis J. Hamilton (1976): [105] [106] First African American female judge to serve as the Chief Judge of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California (2014) Jinsook Ohta : [ 107 ] First Asian American female (who is of Korean descent) to serve on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California (2021)
[1] [2] She is the first black woman and the first former federal public defender to serve on the Supreme Court. Jackson was born in Washington, D.C. , and raised in Miami , Florida. She received her undergraduate and legal education at Harvard University , where she served as an editor of the Harvard Law Review , and clerked for Justice ...
Janet Wood Reno (July 21, 1938 – November 7, 2016) was an American lawyer and public official who served as the first female and 78th United States Attorney General. Reno, a member of the Democratic Party , held the position from 1993 to 2001, making her the second-longest serving attorney general, behind only William Wirt .