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Yvette McGee Brown (born 1960, Columbus, Ohio, United States) became the first African-American female justice on the Ohio Supreme Court when she took office on January 1, 2011.
6 de abr. de 2012 · Learn about the life and career of Yvette McGee Brown, the first African American woman to be appointed to the Supreme Court of Ohio. She was also a juvenile court judge, a lieutenant governor candidate, and a leader of several community and corporate boards.
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Justice McGee Brown was elected to the Franklin County Court of Common Pleas, Domestic Relations and Juvenile division, in 1992. As lead Juvenile Court judge, she led the creation of the Family Drug Court and the SMART Program, a truancy and educational neglect intervention program.
Ohio State alum and former Ohio Supreme Court justice Yvette McGee Brown shares her views on the historic nomination of Ketanji Brown Jackson to the U.S. Supreme Court. She praises Jackson's qualifications and experience, and reflects on her own trailblazing journey as the first Black woman on the Ohio Supreme Court.
She was the first African-American woman elected to the Franklin County Common Pleas Court in 1992. She resigned from the common pleas court in 2002, to create a nationally recognized organization that redefines how hospitals, law enforcement, and social welfare groups respond to children and families caught in the cycle of abuse.
By Yvette McGee Brown. What will it mean to be the first Black woman justice on the U.S. Supreme Court? The day her name is announced, she becomes a major public figure. The bright lights of news cameras and cell phones will be ubiquitous along with probing questions—some fair and some not.
