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- There have been 114 people nominated and confirmed to the United States Supreme Court. All but six have been white men. 1 Four of these individuals have been women: Sandra Day O’Connor, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Sonia Sotomayor, and Elena Kagan.
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By Andrea Kmak. There have been 114 people nominated and confirmed to the United States Supreme Court. All but six have been white men. 1 Four of these individuals have been women: Sandra Day O’Connor, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Sonia Sotomayor, and Elena Kagan.
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 E. Allen was named to the bench in 1923.
StateJusticeYearWyoming2018Wyoming2017Wyoming2014Wyoming2000Jul 30, 2021 · Sandra Day O’Connor and Ruth Bader Ginsburg Changed the Supreme Court, and the Country. Despite their differences, the first and second female Supreme Court justices found common ground...
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The first four women Supreme Court Justices: Sandra Day O'Connor, Sotomayor, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, and Elena Kagan. O'Connor is not wearing a robe because she is retired from the Court. Sotomayor cast her first vote as an associate Supreme Court justice on August 17, 2009, in a stay of execution case.
Dec 1, 2023 · 1930-2023. By: Arbora Johnson. Sandra Day O’Connor, the first female Supreme Court Justice of the United States, was one of the most influential Americans of the 1980s and 1990s.
Jul 1, 2022 · Sandra Day O’Connor made history by becoming the first woman to serve as a US Supreme Court justice. Appointed by President Ronald Reagan in 1981, she held a seat on the nation’s highest court for nearly 25 years. Born in El Paso, she was raised and lived in Arizona. O’Connor was considered a decisive swing vote in the Supreme Court’s decisions.
Oct 21, 2022 · CNN — Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor on Thursday said having four women on the Supreme Court – the first time the high court has had so many female justices – has had an...
