Florence M Allen

Obama picks more females, minorities for judges

• The first female federal appellate judge was Florence Allen, who gained her seat on the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in 1934. The first female U.S. District Court judge was Burnita Shelton Matthews, who took the bench in Washington, D.C., in 1950. William Henry Hastie Jr. was the first African-
• Date: Sep 13, 2011
• Category: U.S.
• Source: Google