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As of 2006 what were the names of the woman or women who sat on the US Supreme Court?
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In 2006, Justice Sandra Day O'Connor (appointed 1981) and Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg (appointed 1993) were the only two women to have served on the US Supreme Court. Justice O'Connor retired at the end of January 2006, leaving Ginsburg the sole female justice on the Court until President Obama appointed Justice Sonia Sotomayor in 2009. Obama appointed a fourth woman, Justice Elena Kagan, in 2010.
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