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Who as the first woman Supreme Court justice?

Who as the first woman Supreme Court justice in the United States? She was appointed by President Ronald Reagan in 1981.

Women Who Ran for President

While Hillary Clinton's 2008 run for the Democratic nomination came closest any woman has come to winning the nomination of a major political party in the United States, Clinton is not the first woman to run for president, and not even the first to run from a major party. Here's a list of the female presidential candidates I've been able to discover, arranged chronologically by each woman's firs…

Who was the first woman nominated for vice president by a major party?

Who was the first woman nominated as a vice presidential candidate by a major American political party? She was nominated in 1984.

Florence Ellinwood Allen

Florence Ellinwood Allen was a pioneer woman judge, even being considered for the US Supreme Court in the 1930s.

Katherine Edson

Katherine Edson biography: California and federal public official, women's rights activist, and social reformer.

Sandra Day O'Connor Quotations

Quotes from Sandra Day O'Connor, first woman appointed as a Justice of the US Supreme Court.

Sonia Sotomayor

Sonia Sotomayor biography - biography of Sonia Sotomayor, first Hispanic nominated to serve on the United States Supreme Court.