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Florence E. Allen was an American judge who made history as the first female judge on the Ohio Supreme Court and the first woman to serve as a federal judge. Her career was marked by her dedication to justice and her role in advancing the representation of women in the judiciary. Allen's contributions to the legal field and her trailblazing achievements have left a lasting impact on the American judicial system.
"It's so worth-while being a judge, because, if I make good, I can help prove that a woman's place is as much on the bench, in City Council, or in Congress, as in the home."
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"It's so worth-while being a judge, because, if I make good, I can help prove that a woman's place is as much on the bench, in City Council, or in Congress, as in the home."

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"It will take a long time for women's effect on politics to register so that we may properly appraise it."
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"It will take a long time for women's effect on politics to register so that we may properly appraise it."

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"The nature of the Catilinarian conspiracy was bad and bloody."
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"The nature of the Catilinarian conspiracy was bad and bloody."

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"You can hardly judge women's effect on politics merely from the action of individual women officeholders."
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"You can hardly judge women's effect on politics merely from the action of individual women officeholders."

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"Each generation must recreate liberty for its own times."
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"Each generation must recreate liberty for its own times."

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"Owing to the fact that leaders in the women's groups made a point of serving on the jury here whenever they were called, we have always had an unusually high type of women represented on the jury."
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"Owing to the fact that leaders in the women's groups made a point of serving on the jury here whenever they were called, we have always had an unusually high type of women represented on the jury."

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"You have had indeed a fair trial. It is a shocking thing when a judge of your high office is shown to have betrayed the truth and his honor, and I sentence you to the penitentiary."
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"You have had indeed a fair trial. It is a shocking thing when a judge of your high office is shown to have betrayed the truth and his honor, and I sentence you to the penitentiary."

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"The fact that the movement was carried on by women who, for the most part, had no money of their own and were totally inexperienced in organization, and that they won their fight in about two generations, makes a story often dramatic and always worth preserving."
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"The fact that the movement was carried on by women who, for the most part, had no money of their own and were totally inexperienced in organization, and that they won their fight in about two generations, makes a story often dramatic and always worth preserving."

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"Whether or not we establish freedom rests with ourselves."
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"Whether or not we establish freedom rests with ourselves."

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