GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

GK

RTI ACT 2005

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which country in the world first appointed a woman judge?
A
America
B
India
C
England
D
Turkey
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Melahat Senger-Ruacan (1906–1974) was a female Turkish high court judge and the first woman elected to any supreme court in the world.

Detailed explanation-2: -Burnita Shelton Matthews was the first woman to serve as a U.S. District Court judge. She was appointed in 1949 by President Harry S. Truman to the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. She went to law school at night at what would become George Washington University School of Law, earning LL.

Detailed explanation-3: -Justice Anna Chandy (1905–1996), also known as Anna Chandi, was the first female judge (1937) and then High Court judge (1959) in India.

Detailed explanation-4: -Clara Shortridge Foltz was the first female attorney in California, a truly remarkable person, female, mother, attorney, suffragist, politician and much more; the work of Foltz is the foundation of the modern female attorney in California.

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