20th-century American women lawyers

The list 20th-century American women lawyers includes Megyn Kelly, Marcia Clark, Hillary Clinton, Sunny Hostin and Caroline Kennedy. The list consists of 898 members and 2 sublists.

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Megyn Kelly

American journalist and podcaster (born 1970)

Overview: Megyn Marie Kelly (born November 18, 1970) is an American lawyer and journalist who was a talk show host at Fox News from 2004 to 2017, and a host and correspondent with NBC News from 2017 to 2018. She ...

Date of birth: 18 November 1970

Age: 53

Nationality: American

Occupation: TV News

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 6" (168 cm)

Partner: Douglas Brunt (Married)

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Jones Day people 43T

American women podcasters 282T

21st-century American women lawyers 510T
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Michelle Obama

First Lady of the United States from 2009 to 2017

Overview: Michelle LaVaughn Robinson Obama (née Robinson; born January 17, 1964) is an American attorney and author who served as the First Lady of the United States from 2009 to 2017. She was the first African ...

Date of birth: 17 January 1964

Age: 60

Nationality: American

Occupation: First Lady

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 11" (180 cm)

Partner: Barack Obama (Married)

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21st-century American philanthropists 16T

21st-century women philanthropists 9T

Time 100 238T
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Hillary Clinton

American politician and diplomat (born 1947)

Overview: Hillary Diane Rodham Clinton (née Rodham; born October 26, 1947) is an American politician, diplomat, lawyer, writer, and public speaker who served as the 67th United States secretary of state from ...

Date of birth: 26 October 1947

Age: 76

Nationality: American

Occupation: Politician

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 4" (163 cm)

Partner: Bill Clinton (Married)

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Politicians from Westchester County, New York 43T

2020 United States presidential electors 110T

20th-century American women politicians 1,263T
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Marcia Clark

American, Attorney

Overview: Marcia Rachel Clark (née Kleks, formerly Horowitz; born August 31, 1953) is an American prosecutor, author, television correspondent, and television producer. She is best known for having been the lead ...

Date of birth: 31 August 1953

Age: 71

Nationality: American

Occupation: Attorney

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 6" (168 cm)

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Susan E. Wagner High School alumni 7T

21st-century American women 15,896T

20th-century American lawyers 7,925T
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Sabrina Scharf

American actress, environmental activist, attorney

Overview: Sabrina Scharf Schiller (born Sandra Mae Trentman, October 17, 1943) is an American actress, lawyer, real estate developer, activist, and politician best known for her roles on American television shows ...

Date of birth: 17 October 1943

Age: 80

Nationality: American

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

Partner: Bob Schiller (Married)

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People from Pacific Palisades, California 39T

People from Delphos, Ohio 10T

20th-century American actresses 6,858T
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Sunny Hostin

American lawyer, TV host (born 1968)

Overview: Asunción Cummings Hostin (born October 20, 1968), known professionally as Sunny Hostin, is an American lawyer, columnist, journalist, and television host. Hostin is co-host on ABC's morning talk show The ...

Date of birth: 20 October 1968

Age: 55

Nationality: American

Occupation: Attorney

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 6" (168 cm)

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People associated with true crime 21T

American reparationists 20T

20th-century African-American women 4,116T
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Kamala Harris

American, Politician

Overview: Kamala Devi Harris ( KAH-mə-lə; born October 20, 1964) is an American politician and attorney serving as the 49th and current vice president of the United States. Harris served as a United States senator ...

Date of birth: 20 October 1964

Age: 59

Nationality: American

Occupation: Politician

Gender: Female

Partner: Douglas Emhoff (Married)

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2024 United States vice-presidential candidates 4T

African-American women memoirists 26T

Women vice presidents in North America 10T
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Sally Mann

American, Attorney

Date of birth: 13 June 1948

Age: 76

Nationality: American

Occupation: Attorney

Gender: Female

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Emory University School of Law faculty 8T

21st-century American women lawyers 729T

Lawyers from Houston 79T
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Caroline Kennedy

American author and diplomat (born 1957)

Overview: Caroline Bouvier Kennedy (born November 27, 1957) is an American author, attorney, and diplomat serving as the United States Ambassador to Australia since 2022. She previously served in the Obama admi ...

Date of birth: 27 November 1957

Age: 66

Nationality: American

Occupation: Author

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 3" (160 cm)

Partner: Edwin Schlossberg (Married)

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Women civil rights activists 611T

Members of the Council on Foreign Relations 381T

Writers from Manhattan 440T
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Anita Hill

American law professor and accuser of Clarence Thomas

Overview: Anita Faye Hill (born July 30, 1956) is an American lawyer and academic. She is a university professor of social policy, law, and women's studies at Brandeis University and a faculty member of the uni ...

Date of birth: 30 July 1956

Age: 68

Nationality: American

Occupation: Teacher

Gender: Female

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African-American legal scholars 26T

American women legal scholars 18T

Women legal scholars 331T
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Anne Gust

American businesswoman and politician

Overview: Anne Baldwin Gust Brown (born March 15, 1958) is an American business executive who was the First Lady of California from 2011 to 2019. She is married to former Governor Jerry Brown.

Date of birth: 15 March 1958

Age: 66

Nationality: American

Occupation: Attorney

Gender: Female

Partner: Jerry Brown (Married)

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Jerry Brown 20T

Brown family (California) 8T

American women lawyers 1,156T
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Maura Healey

73rd governor of Massachusetts (born 1971)

Overview: Maura Tracy Healey (born February 8, 1971) is an American lawyer and politician serving as the Massachusetts Attorney General. She is a member of the Democratic Party.

Date of birth: 8 February 1971

Age: 53

Nationality: American

Occupation: Attorney

Gender: Female

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21st-century American women lawyers 453T

Harvard College alumni 2,992T

Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr partners 40T
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Janet Reno

Former Attorney General of the United States

Overview: Janet Wood Reno (July 21, 1938 – November 7, 2016) was an American lawyer who served as the Attorney General of the United States from 1993 until 2001. President Bill Clinton nominated Reno on February ...

Date of birth: 21 July 1938

Date of death: 7 November 2016

Age: 78 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Government

Gender: Female

Height: 6' 3" (190 cm)

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20th-century American women politicians 1,263T

Female justice ministers 206T

21st-century American women 184T
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Erin Moriarty

American journalist

Overview: Erin F. Moriarty (born April 6, 1952) is an American television news reporter and correspondent. She works as a correspondent for 48 Hours Mystery. She has won national Emmy Awards several times.

Date of birth: 6 April 1952

Age: 72

Nationality: American

Occupation: Journalist

Gender: Female

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20th-century American women journalists 526T

21st-century American women journalists 294T

21st-century American women 15,529T
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Kathleen Cleaver

American law professor and activist

Overview: Kathleen Neal Cleaver (born May 13, 1945) is an American professor of law, known for her involvement with the Black Power movement and the Black Panther Party.

Date of birth: 13 May 1945

Age: 79

Nationality: American

Occupation: Activist

Gender: Female

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George School alumni 39T

Cravath, Swaine & Moore people 49T

20th-century American women 5,110T
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Ginni Thomas

American lawyer (born 1957)

Overview: Virginia "Ginni" Lamp Thomas (born February 23, 1957), is an American attorney and lobbyist who founded Liberty Consulting. She had previously founded the conservative advocacy group Liberty Central, and ...

Date of birth: 23 February 1957

Age: 67

Nationality: American

Occupation: Attorney

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 9" (175 cm)

Partner: Clarence Thomas (Married)

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American conservative people 1,080T

Right-wing politics in the United States 25T

Creighton University School of Law alumni 49T
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Laura Wasser

American lawyer

Overview: Laura Allison Wasser (born c.1968, Los Angeles) is an American attorney specializing in divorce. She is the managing partner at the Family Law firm Wasser Cooperman & Mandles, and the Founder and CEO of ...

Date of birth: 23 May 1968

Age: 56

Nationality: American

Occupation: Attorney

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 2" (157 cm)

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UC Berkeley College of Letters and Science alumni 539T

21st-century American women lawyers 751T

21st-century American lawyers 2,551T
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Barbara Olson

American lawyer (1955–2001)

Overview: Barbara Kay Olson (née Bracher; December 27, 1955 – September 11, 2001) was an American lawyer and conservative television commentator who worked for CNN, Fox News Channel, and several other outlets ...

Date of birth: 27 December 1955

Date of death: 11 September 2001

Age: 45 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Writer

Gender: Female

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21st-century American women lawyers 353T

American women television personalities 401T

Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr associates 16T
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Sandra Day O'Connor

American lawyer, politician and judge (1930–2023)

Overview: Sandra Day O'Connor (March 26, 1930 – December 1, 2023) was an American lawyer, politician, and jurist who served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1981 to 2006. O ...

Date of birth: 26 March 1930

Date of death: 1 December 2023

Age: 93 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Judge

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 8" (173 cm)

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20th-century American women judges 479T

21st-century American women judges 931T

Republican Party Arizona state senators 111T
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Geraldine A. Ferraro

American politician (1935–2011)

Overview: Geraldine Anne Ferraro (August 26, 1935 – March 26, 2011) was an American politician, diplomat, and attorney. She served in the United States House of Representatives from 1979 to 1985, and was the De ...

Date of birth: 26 August 1935

Date of death: 26 March 2011

Age: 75 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Politician

Gender: Female

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American politicians of Italian descent 513T

American women ambassadors 351T

Writers from Queens, New York 116T