Women’s state supreme court service surged from 10 to 106 justices after 1980

Evidence

The most striking changes in recent years have involved the demographics of state courts. The first woman appointed to a state supreme court was Florence Allen, who served on the Ohio Supreme Court from 1922 to 1933. No other female justice was appointed until 1958. In recent decades, however, the number of women serving on state supreme courts has increased dramatically. In 1980, there were 10 female justices; by 1996, 66; and by 2007, 106. The appointment of Judge Sandra Gardebring in 1991 made the Minnesota Supreme Court the first to have a female majority. — G. Alan Tarr, Judicial Process and Judicial…, 455

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Broader Connections

• Female state supreme court justices grew from 10 in 1980 to 106 by 2007 #corroborates (0.98) — G. Alan Tarr, Judicial Process and Judicial…, 455