Female state supreme court justices
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 Alaska Aimee A. Oravec 2025 Arizona Lorna E. Lockwood 1961 Arizona Ruth McGregor 1998 Arizona Rebecca White Berch 2002 Arizona Ann Timmer 2012 Arizona Kathryn Hackett King 2021 Arizona Maria Elena Cruz 2025 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 Kansas Larkin Walsh 2025 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 Kentucky Pamela R. Goodwine 2025 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 Massachusetts Gabrielle Wolohojian 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 Michigan Kimberly Thomas 2025 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 Mississippi Jenifer Branning 2025 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 Montana Katherine M. Bidegaray 2025 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 Ohio Megan E. Shanahan 2025 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 Washington Colleen Melody 2026 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 Wyoming Bridget Hill 2025
First female justices 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.