In Case You Missed It: U.S. Courts Reflect on History of Women on the Federal Bench for Women’s History Month

Although we have turned the calendar page, here’s one last piece from the U.S. Courts website about women in the federal judiciary in honor of Women’s History Month. The article offers a nice bit of historical perspective with information about the first female federal judges, and an infographic that demonstrates the huge – and ongoing -- gap between the number of women law students and the number of women on the bench. 

The article concludes with a quote from Senior District Court Judge Saundra Brown Armstrong, from the Northern District of California, “We haven’t made as much progress as we may think in this country. ... The progress is undeniable, but there is always room for more progress.” We couldn’t agree more.