The Appointment of the First Woman to High Courts
Drag the cursor across the screen to learn which decade the first woman was appointed to a high court in a country. If there is missing information or if the high court has not had a woman justice (as of the end of 2020), the country is in white.
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First Women High Court Justices
- Denmark: Bodil Dybdal
- France: Charlotte Lagarde Béquignon (Highest Appellate Court)
- Germany: Erna Scheffler (Constitutional Court); Gerda Kruger-Nieland and Erika Scheffen (Highest Appellate Court)
- Hungary: Ferencne Molnar
- Iceland: Guorun Erluendsdottir
- Ireland: Susan Denham
- Netherlands: Anna Augusta Leonie Minkenhof
- Norway: Lilly Helena Bolviken
- Poland: Zofia Gawrońska-Wasilkowska
- Sweden: Ingrid Garde Widemar
- United Kingdom: Brenda Hale