Female state supreme court justices
edit| State | Justice | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Alabama | Janie Shores | 1974 |
| Alabama | Jean Brown | 1995 |
| Alabama | Patricia M. Smith | 2004 |
| Alabama | Sue Bell Cobb | 2007 |
| Alabama | Alisa Kelli Wise | 2011 |
| Alabama | Lyn Stuart | 2016 |
| Alabama | Sarah Hicks Stewart | 2019 |
| Alaska | Dana Fabe | 1996 |
| Alaska | Morgan Christen | 2009 |
| Alaska | Susan M. Carney | 2016 |
| Alaska | Jennifer S. Henderson | 2021 |
| Arizona | Lorna E. Lockwood | 1961 |
| Arizona | Ruth McGregor | 1998 |
| Arizona | Rebecca White Berch | 2002 |
| Arizona | Ann Timmer | 2012 |
| Arizona | Kathryn Hackett King | 2021 |
| Arkansas | Elsijane Trimble Roy | 1976 |
| Arkansas | Andree Layton Roaf | 1995 |
| Arkansas | Annabelle Clinton Imber | 1997 |
| Arkansas | Betty Dickey | 2004 |
| Arkansas | Courtney Rae Hudson | 2008 |
| Arkansas | Elana Wills | 2008 |
| Arkansas | Karen R. Baker | 2010 |
| Arkansas | Josephine L. Hart | 2012 |
| Arkansas | Rhonda K. Wood | 2015 |
| Arkansas | Barbara Womack Webb | 2021 |
| California | Rose Bird | 1977 |
| California | Joyce L. Kennard | 1989 |
| California | Kathryn Werdegar | 1994 |
| California | Janice Rogers Brown | 1996 |
| California | Carol Corrigan | 2006 |
| California | Tani Cantil-Sakauye | 2011 |
| California | Leondra Kruger | 2015 |
| California | Patricia Guerrero | 2022 |
| California | Kelli Evans | 2023 |
| Colorado | Jean Dubofsky | 1979 |
| Colorado | Mary Mullarkey | 1987 |
| Colorado | Rebecca Love Kourlis | 1995 |
| Colorado | Nancy E. Rice | 1998 |
| Colorado | Allison H. Eid | 2006 |
| Colorado | Monica Márquez | 2010 |
| Colorado | Melissa Hart | 2017 |
| Colorado | Maria Berkenkotter | 2021 |
| Connecticut | Ellen Ash Peters | 1978 |
| Connecticut | Joette Katz | 1992 |
| Connecticut | Christine S. Vertefeuille | 2000 |
| Connecticut | Carmen E. Espinosa | 2013 |
| Connecticut | Maria Araújo Kahn | 2018 |
| Connecticut | Christine Keller | 2020 |
| Connecticut | Joan K. Alexander | 2022 |
| Connecticut | Nora Dannehy | 2023 |
| Delaware | Carolyn Berger | 1994 |
| Delaware | Karen L. Valihura | 2014 |
| Delaware | Tamika Montgomery–Reeves | 2019 |
| Delaware | Abigail LeGrow | 2023 |
| District of Columbia | Catherine B. Kelly | 1967 |
| District of Columbia | Julia Cooper Mack | 1975 |
| District of Columbia | Judith W. Rogers | 1983 |
| District of Columbia | Annice M. Wagner | 1990 |
| District of Columbia | Inez Smith Reid | 1995 |
| District of Columbia | Noël A. Kramer | 2005 |
| District of Columbia | Anna Blackburne-Rigsby | 2006 |
| District of Columbia | Phyllis D. Thompson | 2006 |
| District of Columbia | Kathryn A. Oberly | 2009 |
| District of Columbia | Corinne A. Beckwith | 2011 |
| District of Columbia | Catharine F. Easterly | 2012 |
| Florida | Rosemary Barkett | 1985 |
| Florida | Barbara J. Pariente | 1997 |
| Florida | Peggy A. Quince | 1998 |
| Florida | Barbara Lagoa | 2019 |
| Florida | Jamie Grosshans | 2020 |
| Florida | Renatha Francis | 2022 |
| Florida | Meredith Sasso | 2023 |
| Georgia | Leah Ward Sears | 1992 |
| Georgia | Carol W. Hunstein | 1992 |
| Georgia | Britt Grant | 2017 |
| Georgia | Sarah Hawkins Warren | 2018 |
| Georgia | Carla Wong McMillian | 2020 |
| Georgia | Shawn Ellen LaGrua | 2021 |
| Georgia | Verda Colvin | 2021 |
| Hawaii | Rhoda V. Lewis | 1959 |
| Hawaii | Paula A. Nakayama | 1993 |
| Hawaii | Sabrina McKenna | 2011 |
| Hawaii | Lisa M. Ginoza | 2023 |
| Idaho | Linda Copple Trout | 1992 |
| Idaho | Cathy Silak | 1993 |
| Idaho | Robyn Brody | 2017 |
| Idaho | Colleen Zahn | 2021 |
| Idaho | Cynthia Meyer | 2023 |
| Illinois | Mary Ann McMorrow | 1992 |
| Illinois | Rita B. Garman | 2001 |
| Illinois | Mary Jane Theis | 2010 |
| Illinois | Anne M. Burke | 2006 |
| Illinois | Lisa Holder White | 2022 |
| Illinois | Joy Cunningham | 2022 |
| Illinois | Elizabeth Rochford | 2022 |
| Illinois | Mary K. O'Brien | 2022 |
| Indiana | Myra Consetta Selby | 1995 |
| Indiana | Loretta Rush | 2012 |
| Iowa | Linda Kinnedy Neuman | 1986 |
| Iowa | Marsha Ternus | 1993 |
| Iowa | Susan Christensen | 2018 |
| Iowa | Dana Oxley | 2020 |
| Kansas | Kay McFarland | 1977 |
| Kansas | Carol A. Beier | 2003 |
| Kansas | Marla Luckert | 2003 |
| Kansas | Nancy Moritz | 2011 |
| Kansas | Evelyn Wilson | 2019 |
| Kansas | Melissa Standridge | 2020 |
| Kentucky | Sara Walter Combs | 1993 |
| Kentucky | Janet Stumbo | 1993 |
| Kentucky | Lisabeth Tabor Hughes | 2007 |
| Kentucky | Mary C. Noble | 2007 |
| Kentucky | Michelle M. Keller | 2013 |
| Kentucky | Debra H. Lambert | 2019 |
| Kentucky | Angela McCormick Bisig | 2023 |
| Louisiana | Catherine D. Kimball | 1992 |
| Louisiana | Bernette Joshua Johnson | 1994 |
| Louisiana | Jeannette Knoll | 1997 |
| Louisiana | Piper D. Griffin | 2021 |
| Maine | Caroline Duby Glassman | 1983 |
| Maine | Leigh Saufley | 1993 |
| Maine | Susan W. Calkins | 1998 |
| Maine | Ellen Gorman | 2007 |
| Maine | Catherine Connors | 2020 |
| Maryland | Rita C. Davidson | 1979 |
| Maryland | Irma S. Raker | 1994 |
| Maryland | Lynne A. Battaglia | 2001 |
| Maryland | Mary Ellen Barbera | 2008 |
| Maryland | Sally D. Adkins | 2008 |
| Maryland | Shirley M. Watts | 2013 |
| Maryland | Michele D. Hotten | 2015 |
| Maryland | Brynja McDivitt Booth | 2019 |
| Maryland | Angela M. Eaves | 2022 |
| Massachusetts | Ruth Abrams | 1978 |
| Massachusetts | Margaret H. Marshall | 1996 |
| Massachusetts | Judith Cowin | 1999 |
| Massachusetts | Martha B. Sosman | 2000 |
| Massachusetts | Margot Botsford | 2007 |
| Massachusetts | Barbara Lenk | 2011 |
| Massachusetts | Kimberly S. Budd | 2016 |
| Massachusetts | Elspeth B. Cypher | 2017 |
| Massachusetts | Dalila Argaez Wendlandt | 2020 |
| Massachusetts | Bessie Dewar | 2024 |
| Michigan | Mary S. Coleman | 1973 |
| Michigan | Dorothy Comstock Riley | 1982 |
| Michigan | Patricia Boyle | 1983 |
| Michigan | Elizabeth Weaver | 1995 |
| Michigan | Marilyn Jean Kelly | 1997 |
| Michigan | Maura D. Corrigan | 1999 |
| Michigan | Diane Hathaway | 2009 |
| Michigan | Mary Beth Kelly | 2011 |
| Michigan | Bridget Mary McCormack | 2013 |
| Michigan | Joan Larsen | 2015 |
| Michigan | Elizabeth T. Clement | 2017 |
| Michigan | Megan Cavanagh | 2019 |
| Michigan | Elizabeth M. Welch | 2021 |
| Michigan | Kyra Harris Bolden | 2023 |
| Minnesota | Rosalie E. Wahl | 1977 |
| Minnesota | Mary Jeanne Coyne | 1982 |
| Minnesota | Esther Tomljanovich | 1990 |
| Minnesota | Kathleen A. Blatz | 1996 |
| Minnesota | Sandra Gardebring Ogren | 1991 |
| Minnesota | Joan N. Ericksen | 1998 |
| Minnesota | Helen Meyer | 2002 |
| Minnesota | Lorie Skjerven Gildea | 2006 |
| Minnesota | Wilhelmina Wright | 2012 |
| Minnesota | Natalie Hudson | 2015 |
| Minnesota | Margaret H. Chutich | 2016 |
| Minnesota | Anne McKeig | 2016 |
| Minnesota | Sarah Hennesy | 2024 |
| Mississippi | Lenore L. Prather | 1982 |
| Mississippi | Kay B. Cobb | 1999 |
| Mississippi | Ann Hannaford Lamar | 2007 |
| Mississippi | Dawn H. Beam | 2016 |
| Missouri | Ann K. Covington | 1988 |
| Missouri | Laura Denvir Stith | 2001 |
| Missouri | Mary Rhodes Russell | 2004 |
| Missouri | Patricia Breckenridge | 2007 |
| Missouri | Robin Ransom | 2021 |
| Missouri | Kelly C. Broniec | 2023 |
| Missouri | Ginger Gooch | 2023 |
| Montana | Diane Barz | 1989 |
| Montana | Karla M. Gray | 1991 |
| Montana | Patricia O'Brien Cotter | 2000 |
| Montana | Beth Baker | 2011 |
| Montana | Laurie McKinnon | 2013 |
| Montana | Ingrid Gustafson | 2018 |
| Nebraska | Lindsey Miller-Lerman | 1998 |
| Nebraska | Stephanie F. Stacy | 2015 |
| Nevada | Miriam Shearing | 1992 |
| Nevada | Deborah Agosti | 1999 |
| Nevada | Nancy A. Becker | 1999 |
| Nevada | Nancy Saitta | 2007 |
| Nevada | Kristina Pickering | 2009 |
| Nevada | Lidia S. Stiglich | 2016 |
| Nevada | Abbi Silver | 2019 |
| Nevada | Elissa F. Cadish | 2019 |
| Nevada | Patricia Lee | 2022 |
| Nevada | Linda M. Bell | 2023 |
| New Hampshire | Linda S. Dalianis | 2000 |
| New Hampshire | Anna Hantz Marconi | 2017 |
| New Hampshire | Melissa Beth Countway | 2023 |
| New Jersey | Marie L. Garibaldi | 1982 |
| New Jersey | Deborah Poritz | 1996 |
| New Jersey | Virginia Long | 1999 |
| New Jersey | Jaynee LaVecchia | 2000 |
| New Jersey | Helen E. Hoens | 2006 |
| New Jersey | Anne M. Patterson | 2011 |
| New Jersey | Fabiana Pierre-Louis | 2020 |
| New Jersey | Rachel Wainer Apter | 2022 |
| New Mexico | Mary Coon Walters | 1984 |
| New Mexico | Pamela B. Minzner | 1994 |
| New Mexico | Petra Jimenez Maes | 1998 |
| New Mexico | Barbara J. Vigil | 2012 |
| New Mexico | Judith Nakamura | 2015 |
| New Mexico | C. Shannon Bacon | 2019 |
| New Mexico | Julie J. Vargas | 2021 |
| New Mexico | Briana Zamora | 2021 |
| New York | Judith Kaye | 1983 |
| New York | Carmen Beauchamp Ciparick | 1994 |
| New York | Victoria Graffeo | 2000 |
| New York | Susan Phillips Read | 2003 |
| New York | Jenny Rivera | 2013 |
| New York | Sheila Abdus-Salaam | 2013 |
| New York | Leslie Stein | 2015 |
| New York | Janet DiFiore | 2016 |
| New York | Madeline Singas | 2021 |
| New York | Shirley Troutman | 2022 |
| New York | Caitlin Halligan | 2023 |
| North Carolina | Susie Sharp | 1962 |
| North Carolina | Rhoda Billings | 1986 |
| North Carolina | Sarah Parker | 1992 |
| North Carolina | Patricia Timmons-Goodson | 2006 |
| North Carolina | Robin E. Hudson | 2007 |
| North Carolina | Barbara Jackson | 2011 |
| North Carolina | Cheri Beasley | 2012 |
| North Carolina | Anita Earls | 2019 |
| North Carolina | Tamara P. Barringer | 2021 |
| North Carolina | Allison Riggs | 2023 |
| North Dakota | Beryl J. Levine | 1985 |
| North Dakota | Mary Muehlen Maring | 1996 |
| North Dakota | Carol Ronning Kapsner | 1998 |
| North Dakota | Lisa K. Fair McEvers | 2014 |
| Ohio | Florence E. Allen | 1923 |
| Ohio | Blanche Krupansky | 1981 |
| Ohio | Alice Robie Resnick | 1989 |
| Ohio | Evelyn Lundberg Stratton | 1996 |
| Ohio | Maureen O'Connor | 2003 |
| Ohio | Judith Ann Lanzinger | 2005 |
| Ohio | Yvette McGee Brown | 2011 |
| Ohio | Sharon L. Kennedy | 2012 |
| Ohio | Judith L. French | 2013 |
| Ohio | Mary DeGenaro | 2018 |
| Ohio | Melody J. Stewart | 2019 |
| Ohio | Jennifer Brunner | 2021 |
| Oklahoma | Alma Bell Wilson | 1982 |
| Oklahoma | Yvonne Kauger | 1984 |
| Oklahoma | Noma Gurich | 2011 |
| Oklahoma | Dana Kuehn | 2021 |
| Oregon | Betty Roberts | 1982 |
| Oregon | Susan P. Graber | 1990 |
| Oregon | Susan M. Leeson | 1998 |
| Oregon | Martha Lee Walters | 2006 |
| Oregon | Virginia Linder | 2007 |
| Oregon | Lynn Nakamoto | 2016 |
| Oregon | Meagan Flynn | 2017 |
| Oregon | Rebecca Duncan | 2017 |
| Oregon | Adrienne Nelson | 2018 |
| Oregon | Aruna Masih | 2023 |
| Pennsylvania | Anne X. Alpern | 1961 |
| Pennsylvania | Juanita Kidd Stout | 1988 |
| Pennsylvania | Cynthia Baldwin | 2006 |
| Pennsylvania | Jane Cutler Greenspan | 2008 |
| Pennsylvania | Joan Orie Melvin | 2010 |
| Pennsylvania | Debra Todd | 2008 |
| Pennsylvania | Christine Donohue | 2008 |
| Pennsylvania | Sallie Updyke Mundy | 2016 |
| Rhode Island | Florence K. Murray | 1979 |
| Rhode Island | Victoria Lederberg | 1993 |
| Rhode Island | Maureen McKenna Goldberg | 1997 |
| Rhode Island | Erin Lynch Prata | 2021 |
| Rhode Island | Melissa A. Long | 2021 |
| South Carolina | Jean H. Toal | 1988 |
| South Carolina | Kaye Gorenflo Hearn | 2009 |
| South Dakota | Judith Meierhenry | 2002 |
| South Dakota | Lori S. Wilbur | 2011 |
| South Dakota | Janine M. Kern | 2014 |
| South Dakota | Patricia DeVaney | 2019 |
| Tennessee | Martha Craig Daughtrey | 1990 |
| Tennessee | Penny J. White | 1994 |
| Tennessee | Janice M. Holder | 1996 |
| Tennessee | Cornelia A. Clark | 2005 |
| Tennessee | Sharon Gail Lee | 2009 |
| Tennessee | Holly M. Kirby | 2014 |
| Tennessee | Sarah K. Campbell | 2022 |
| Tennessee | Mary L. Wagner | 2024 |
| Texas | Ruby Kless Sondock | 1982 |
| Texas | Barbara Culver | 1988 |
| Texas | Rose Spector | 1992 |
| Texas | Priscilla Richman | 1995 |
| Texas | Deborah Hankinson | 1997 |
| Texas | Harriet O'Neill | 1999 |
| Texas | Eva Guzman | 2009 |
| Texas | Debra Lehrmann | 2010 |
| Texas | Jane Bland | 2019 |
| Texas | Rebeca Huddle | 2020 |
| Utah | Christine M. Durham | 1982 |
| Utah | Jill Parrish | 2003 |
| Utah | Paige Petersen | 2017 |
| Utah | Diana Hagen | 2022 |
| Utah | Jill Pohlman | 2022 |
| Vermont | Denise R. Johnson | 1990 |
| Vermont | Marilyn Skoglund | 1997 |
| Vermont | Beth Robinson | 2011 |
| Vermont | Karen Carroll | 2019 |
| Vermont | Nancy Waples | 2022 |
| Virginia | Elizabeth B. Lacy | 1988 |
| Virginia | Barbara Milano Keenan | 1991 |
| Virginia | Cynthia D. Kinser | 1997 |
| Virginia | Elizabeth A. McClanahan | 2011 |
| Virginia | Jane Marum Roush | 2015 |
| Virginia | Cleo Powell | 2011 |
| Virginia | Teresa M. Chafin | 2019 |
| Washington | Carolyn R. Dimmick | 1981 |
| Washington | Barbara Madsen | 1993 |
| Washington | Barbara Durham | 1995 |
| Washington | Rosselle Pekelis | 1995 |
| Washington | Faith Ireland | 1999 |
| Washington | Bobbe Bridge | 2001 |
| Washington | Susan Owens | 2001 |
| Washington | Mary Fairhurst | 2003 |
| Washington | Debra L. Stephens | 2008 |
| Washington | Sheryl Gordon McCloud | 2013 |
| Washington | Mary Yu | 2014 |
| Washington | Raquel Montoya-Lewis | 2020 |
| Washington | Helen Whitener | 2020 |
| West Virginia | Margaret Workman | 1988 |
| West Virginia | Robin Davis | 1996 |
| West Virginia | Beth Walker | 2017 |
| West Virginia | C. Haley Bunn | 2022 |
| Wisconsin | Shirley Abrahamson | 1976 |
| Wisconsin | Janine P. Geske | 1993 |
| Wisconsin | Ann Walsh Bradley | 1995 |
| Wisconsin | Diane S. Sykes | 1999 |
| Wisconsin | Patience D. Roggensack | 2003 |
| Wisconsin | Annette Ziegler | 2007 |
| Wisconsin | Rebecca Bradley | 2015 |
| Wisconsin | Rebecca Dallet | 2018 |
| Wisconsin | Jill Karofsky | 2020 |
| Wisconsin | Janet Protasiewicz | 2023 |
| Wyoming | Marylin S. Kite | 2000 |
| Wyoming | Kate M. Fox | 2014 |
| Wyoming | Lynne J. Boomgaarden | 2017 |
| Wyoming | Kari Jo Gray | 2018 |
First female justices
editBelow 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.[1]
Female chief justices
edit| State | Chief Justice | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Arizona | Lorna E. Lockwood | 1965 |
| Arizona | Lorna E. Lockwood | 1970 |
| North Carolina | Susie Sharp | 1975 |
| California | Rose Bird | 1977 |
| Michigan | Mary S. Coleman | 1979 |
| Connecticut | Ellen Ash Peters | 1984 |
| North Carolina | Rhoda Billings | 1986 |
| Florida | Rosemary Barkett | 1992 |
| Missouri | Ann K. Covington | 1993 |
| Nevada | Miriam Shearing | 1993 |
| New York | Judith Kaye | 1993 |
| Kansas | Kay McFarland | 1995 |
| Oklahoma | Alma Wilson | 1995 |
| Washington | Barbara Durham | 1995 |
| Wisconsin | Shirley Abrahamson | 1996 |
| New Jersey | Deborah Poritz | 1996 |
| Alaska | Dana Fabe | 1996 |
| Idaho | Linda Copple Trout | 1997 |
| Minnesota | Kathleen A. Blatz | 1998 |
| Colorado | Mary Mullarkey | 1998 |
| Massachusetts | Margaret H. Marshall | 1999 |
| South Carolina | Jean H. Toal | 2000 |
| Maine | Leigh Saufley | 2001 |
| Montana | Karla M. Gray | 2001 |
| Illinois | Mary Ann McMorrow | 2002 |
| Utah | Christine M. Durham | 2002 |
| New Mexico | Petra Jimenez Maes | 2003 |
| Nevada | Nancy A. Becker | 2005 |
| Florida | Barbara Pariente | 2004 |
| Arizona | Ruth McGregor | 2005 |
| Georgia | Leah Ward Sears | 2005 |
| North Carolina | Sarah Parker | 2006 |
| Iowa | Marsha Ternus | 2006 |
| Oklahoma | Yvonne Kauger | 2007 |
| Alabama | Sue Bell Cobb | 2007 |
| Connecticut | Chase T. Rogers | 2007 |
| Missouri | Laura Denvir Stith | 2007 |
| Tennessee | Janice M. Holder | 2008 |
| Florida | Peggy Quince | 2008 |
| Georgia | Carol W. Hunstein | 2009 |
| Louisiana | Catherine D. Kimball | 2009 |
| West Virginia | Margaret Workman | 2009 |
| Arizona | Rebecca White Berch | 2009 |
| Minnesota | Lorie Skjerven Gildea | 2010 |
| Tennessee | Cornelia A. Clark | 2010 |
| Washington | Barbara Madsen | 2010 |
| Wyoming | Marylin S. Kite | 2010 |
| New Hampshire | Linda S. Dalianis | 2011 |
| Ohio | Maureen O'Connor | 2011 |
| Virginia | Cynthia D. Kinser | 2011 |
| California | Tani Cantil-Sakauye | 2011 |
| Maryland | Mary Ellen Barbera | 2013 |
| Illinois | Rita B. Garman | 2013 |
| Louisiana | Bernette Joshua Johnson | 2013 |
| Missouri | Mary Rhodes Russell | 2013 |
| Colorado | Nancy E. Rice | 2014 |
| Indiana | Loretta Rush | 2014 |
| Tennessee | Sharon G. Lee | 2014 |
| New Mexico | Barbara J. Vigil | 2014 |
| Missouri | Patricia Breckenridge | 2015 |
| Wisconsin | Patience D. Roggensack | 2015 |
| New York | Janet DiFiore | 2016 |
| Alabama | Lyn Stuart | 2016 |
| New Mexico | Judith Nakamura | 2017 |
| Washington | Mary Fairhurst | 2017 |
| Oregon | Martha Lee Walters | 2018 |
| North Carolina | Cheri Beasley | 2019 |
| Oklahoma | Noma Gurich | 2019 |
| Illinois | Anne M. Burke | 2019 |
| Kansas | Marla Luckert | 2019 |
| Michigan | Bridget Mary McCormack | 2019 |
| West Virginia | Beth Walker | 2019 |
| Washington | Debra L. Stephens | 2020 |
| Nevada | Kristina Pickering | 2020 |
| Iowa | Susan Christensen | 2020 |
| Massachusetts | Kimberly S. Budd | 2020 |
| Wisconsin | Annette Ziegler | 2021 |
| Maine | Valerie Stanfill | 2021 |
| Wyoming | Kate M. Fox | 2021 |
| Pennsylvania | Debra Todd | 2022 |
| Illinois | Mary Jane Theis | 2022 |
| Michigan | Elizabeth T. Clement | 2022 |
| Ohio | Sharon L. Kennedy | 2023 |
| Oregon | Meagan Flynn | 2023 |
| West Virginia | Beth Walker | 2023 |
| California | Patricia Guerrero | 2023 |
| Nevada | Lidia S. Stiglich | 2023 |
| Missouri | Mary Rhodes Russell | 2023 |
| Minnesota | Natalie Hudson | 2023 |
| Tennessee | Holly M. Kirby | 2023 |
| Nevada | Elissa F. Cadish | 2024 |
| Arizona | Ann Timmer | 2024 |
| Colorado | Monica Márquez | 2024 |
Instances of a female-majority court
editThroughout history, men have outnumbered women on the highest court in each state. Instances of female-majority courts remain an uncommon occurrence, but in recent decades they have appeared more frequently. Currently, the United States Supreme Court has the highest percentage of women justices it has ever had, yet there has still never been a majority.
| State | Year |
|---|---|
| All-Woman Supreme Court (special sitting of the Supreme Court of Texas for a single case) | 1925 |
| Arkansas | 2015–present[18] |
| California | 2011–2017; 2022–present |
| District of Columbia | 2006–2013, 2017–present |
| Idaho | 2023–present[19] |
| Illinois | 2023–present[20] |
| Maryland | 2013–present |
| Michigan | 1997, 2009, 2021–present |
| Minnesota | 1991, 2016–present |
| Missouri | 2023–present[21] |
| Nevada | 2019–present[22] |
| New Jersey | 2011 |
| New Mexico | 2015–present |
| New York | 2003–2008, 2013–2017 |
| North Carolina | 2011 |
| Ohio | 2002, 2005, 2011, 2018–2022 |
| Oregon | 2017–present |
| Rhode Island | 2021–present |
| Tennessee | 2009–2021, 2024–present[23] |
| Utah | 2021-present |
| Vermont | 2017–present |
| Washington | 2013–present |
| Wisconsin | 2003–2004, 2007–present |
| West Virginia | 2017–present |
| Wyoming | 2018–present |
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