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During the Roe v. Wade case, which was decided in 1973, there were no women judges on the U.S. Supreme Court. The Court at that time consisted of nine male justices. It wasn't until 1981, when Sandra Day O'Connor was appointed, that the Supreme Court had its first female justice.

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