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1965: Patsy Mink becomes the first Asian American woman elected to the U.S. Congress. 1971: Norman Mineta becomes the first Asian-American mayor of a major city (San Jose, CA) in the United States. [51] 1971: Herbert Choy becomes the first Asian-American U.S. federal court judge, appointed to the U.S. court of appeals for the ninth circuit. [52]
First Asian American female to argue a case before the U.S. Supreme Court: Emma Ping Lum (1947) around 1958 [13] [14] First Latino American female to argue a case before the U.S. Supreme Court: Vilma Socorro Martínez (1967) in 1977 [40] [41] First Native American female to win a U.S. Supreme Court case: Arlinda Locklear (1976) in 1983 [42] [43 ...
Ona Wang: [80] First Asian American female (and Asian American in general) to serve as the U.S. Magistrate Judge for the Southern District of New York (2019) Valerie Figueredo: [81] First Latino American female to serve as the U.S. Magistrate Judge for the Southern District of New York (2022)
First Asian American (female): Nina F. Elgo (1990) in 2004 [17] First Portuguese American female: Maria Araújo Kahn (1989) in 2006 [18] First Hispanic American female (Connecticut Court of Appeals): Carmen E. Espinosa in 2011 [6] [15] [16] First Hispanic American female (Connecticut Supreme Court): Carmen E. Espinosa in 2013 [6] [15] [16]
Kara Farnandez Stoll (1997): [20] First Latino American female to serve on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in Washington, D.C. (2015) Neomi Rao: [21] First South Asian American female to serve on the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit (2019)
In 1993, the first Hispanic-American woman astronaut was Ellen Ochoa. The Los Angeles, California native went to space on a 9-day mission aboard the space shuttle Discovery.
First Latino American female: Carmen Otero in 1980 [15] [16] [17] First female (Washington Supreme Court): Carolyn R. Dimmick (1953) in 1981 [18] First African American female (municipal court): Norma S. Huggins in 1983 [19] First African American female (superior court): Norma S. Huggins in 1988 [19] First Asian American female: C. Kimi Kondo ...
She is the third woman, the first woman of color, the first Hispanic, and the first Latina to serve on the Supreme Court. [3] [a] Sotomayor was born in the Bronx, New York City, [4] to Puerto Rican-born parents. Her father died when she was nine, and she was subsequently raised by her mother.