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Women's History Month Feature: Ketanji Brown Jackson

So many times when we reflect on history, we always look way back to many years in the past.  However, there is history being made everyday.  March is Women's History Month so I'm sharing a portion of the history recently made by our first Black female Supreme Court Justice:  Ketanji Brown Jackson.

Jackson was born on September 14, 1970, in Washington, DC.  Her family would eventually move to Miami, Florida. In her senior year in high school she won the National Oratory title at the National Catholic Forensic League Championships in New Orleans.  Jackson was later quoted in her high school yearbook saying that she "(wanted) to go into law and eventually have a judicial appointment."  She graduated in 1988. Despite being told by her high school guidance counselor that she was not Harvard material, Jackson attended Harvard University for college and law school. Jackson's legal career included: Serving as District Judge for the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, Vice Chair of the United States Sentencing Commission and was a member of the Harvard Board of Overseers. 

Jackson was also a clerk with US Supreme Court Associate Justice Stephen Breyer. How ironic that she would succeed Justice Breyer upon his retirement from the court on June 30, 2022.

Ketanji Brown Jackson is married to surgeon Patrick Graves Jackson, who she met at Harvard.  The couple have two daughters.

Following her Supreme Court confirmation Jackson said, "So as I take on this new role, I strongly believe that this is a moment in which all Americans can take great pride. We have come a long way toward perfecting our union.  In my family, it took just one generation to go from segregation to the Supreme Court of the United States. And it is an honor, the honor of a lifetime, for me to have this chance to join the Court, to promote the rule of law at the highest level, and to do my part to carry our shared project of democracy and equal justice under law forward, into the future." 

For more information on Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson and other outstanding, encouraging women in history, I encourage you to get books at your local library.