# of female chief judges for district courts in Minnesota reaches historic levels--Congrats MN!

[Equinox Moon]

This is a celebration for both women and men. Balance is a healthy way of taking care of things.
This is feminism. Feminism is about equality in all areas, including equal respect.
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Here is the article excerpt:
Number of female chief judges for district courts in Minnesota reaches historic levels

For the first time in Minnesota history, half the state’s 10 judicial districts are headed by women judges, the latest example of the state beating the national average in gender representation on the bench.

Today, 43 percent of the state’s district court judges are female (125 of 291), 53 percent of the judges on the Minnesota Court of Appeals are female (10 of 19), and 57 percent of the justices of the Minnesota Supreme Court are female (four of seven).

All are higher than the national average of 31 percent. In Wisconsin, 20 percent of the judges are women, and the percentage is only slightly higher in Iowa and North and South Dakota, according to the National Association of Women Judges (NAWJ).

http://www.startribune.com/number-of-female-chief-justices-for-district-courts-in-minnesota-reaches-historic-levels/432562803/

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Congrats Minnesota!
Lead the way!!

Now for this to happen with our political leadership on all levels, which is good and healthy for both women and men.

[Doreen]

1. That is good.

Now, it will would be even better if all or most of them are Democrats.

[Equinox Moon]

4. Well, technically judges are a-political, but I'm will you on that.

[bobbieinok]

2. In 80s in IA

I was in the local Am Assn of Univ Women. It was a university town, and we had just realized half of the elected local and county officials were women. We were able to get an AAUW grant to write a booklet with interviews of all the women.

For that time and that place this was an amazing accomplishment.

[Equinox Moon]

3. Indeed!

How is it going now?

[bobbieinok]

5. I'm no longer there

Divorced and moved back to OK in 89.

IIRC some of the women earned other elective offices. I know there later was at least 1 woman from the area in the state legislature.

In 1972 Ruth Harkin, Tom Harkin's wife, was elected County Attorney. She was IA's first woman county attorney. For several years afterward the county only elected women to that position.

As in many other states, by the end of the 80s the GOP in IA had become quite conservative. The religious right was in the process of taking over the party.