List of female state supreme court justices
State Justice Year
Alabama Janie Shores 1974
Alaska Dana Fabe 1996
Arizona Lorna E. Lockwood 1961
Arkansas Elsijane Trimble Roy 1976
California Rose Bird 1977
Colorado Jean Dubofsky 1979
Connecticut Ellen Ash Peters 1978
Delaware Carolyn Berger 1994
District of Columbia Catherine B. Kelly 1967
Florida Rosemary Barkett 1985
Georgia Leah Ward Sears 1992
Hawaii Rhoda V. Lewis 1959
Idaho Linda Copple Trout 1992
Illinois Mary Ann G. McMorrow 1992
Indiana Myra Consetta Selby 1995
Iowa Linda Kinnedy Neuman 1986
Kansas Kay McFarland 1977
Kentucky Sara W. Combs 1993
Louisiana Catherine D. Kimball 1992
Maine Caroline Duby Glassman 1983
Wikipedia list article Below is a list of the names of the first woman to sit on the highest court of their respective states in the United States . The first state with a female justice was Ohio ; Florence Ellinwood Allen was named to the bench in 1923 . [ 1 ]
Below is a list of the names of the first woman to sit on the highest court of their respective states in the United States. The first state with a female justice was Ohio; Florence Ellinwood Allen was named to the bench in 1923.