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OCR Page 1 of 8WOMEN'S DIVISION
1959
REPUBLICAN NATIONAL COMMITTEE
1625 EYE STREET, N. W.
WASHINGTON 6, D. C.
WOMEN IN THE JUDICIAL SERVICE
The only judicial post yet to be held by a woman is Justice of the United States
Supreme Court.
The number of women lawyers serving as judges on federal, State, county, and
municipal courts is not large but is increasing steadily. In 1955 the Directory
of American Judges listed at least 185 women judges. The greatest number of
these, about 150, served in county courts which would include Probate, Superior,
Surrogate and Courts of Ordinary.
In the same year there were 5,036 women lawyers in the United States, some 3%
of the total.
Other posts in the judicial service, such as court clerk, librarian, and court
administrative officer, are held by growing numbers of women. Some States
report women Assistant U. S. Attorneys, deputy U. S. marshals and justices of
the peace.
Federal and United States Courts
There are four women judges sitting on these high courts.
Miss Florence E. Allen of Cleveland, Ohio, Judge of the U. S. Circut Court of
Appeals (6th District), holds the highest judicial post ever held by a woman in
the United States. Prior to her appointment on March 15, 1934, she served two
terms as a Justice of the Ohio Supreme Court. Judge Allen has announced that
she plans to retire October 6, 1959.
Mrs. Burnita Shelton Matthews of Washington, D. C. is the second woman to hold
a judgeship of a federal court. She was appointed in 1959 as Judge of the U. S.
District Court for the District of Columbia, the first woman to serve in this court.
Miss Marion J. Harron of Berkeley, California is a Judge of the Tax Court of the
United States, sitting in Washington, D. C. Her appointment came in October
1949. There are 15 men on the Court, in addition to four retired male judges,
recalled to perform judicial duties.
Miss Mary H. Donlon (R) of New York is a Judge of the United States Customs
Court, sitting in New York City. She was appointed by President Dwight D. Eisen-
hower June 22, 1955, the only woman on the nine-judge court.
Miss Donlon is the second woman to serve on this Court, having been preceded
by Miss Genevieve R. Cline, a 1928 appointee of President Calvin Coolidge.
Cline retired in 1954.
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