Women in The United States Judiciary

The number of women in the United States judiciary has increased as more women have entered law school.

Read more about Women In The United States Judiciary:  Breaking Into The Field of Law, Tokenism and Early Female Judges, The Rise of The Female Jurist, Gender Bias and Barriers To Entry in The US Courts, The Problem of Political Networking, Inappropriate Interactions, Conflict of Family Life, Famous Quotes, See Also

Famous quotes containing the words women, united, states and/or judiciary:

    ... if women once learn to be something themselves, that the only way to teach is to be fine and shining examples, we will have in one generation the most remarkable and glorious children.
    Brenda Ueland (1891–1985)

    Today’s difference between Russia and the United States is that in Russia everybody takes everybody else for a spy, and in the United States everybody takes everybody else for a criminal.
    Friedrich Dürrenmatt (1921–1990)

    ... no young colored person in the United States today can truthfully offer as an excuse for lack of ambition or aspiration that members of his race have accomplished so little, he is discouraged from attempting anything himself. For there is scarcely a field of human endeavor which colored people have been allowed to enter in which there is not at least one worthy representative.
    Mary Church Terrell (1863–1954)

    The judiciary has fallen to a very low state in this country. I think your part of the country has suffered especially. The federal judges of the South are a disgrace to any country, and I’ll be damned if I put any man on the bench of whose character and ability there is the least doubt.
    William Howard Taft (1857–1930)