Carol Connor

Carol Connor
Born1950 Edit this on Wikidata
Kingstree Edit this on Wikidata
DiedFebruary 20, 2004 Edit this on Wikidata (aged 53–54)
Alma mater
OccupationJudge Edit this on Wikidata
Position heldcircuit judge, supreme court judge (1984–) Edit this on Wikidata

Carol Connor (1950 – February 20, 2004) was the first female circuit court, first appeal court, and first supreme court judge in South Carolina.[1][2]

Connor was born in Kingstree, South Carolina in 1950.[1] She received her juris doctor at the University of South Carolina School of Law in 1976.[3] Connor married Attorney and state legislator Palmer Freeman.[4]

She became the first female judge for the South Carolina Circuit Court in 1988 for Richland and Kershaw counties.[2] In 1993, she became the first woman judge on the South Carolina Court of Appeals.[2] In 1984, she became the first woman to be an acting justice on the South Carolina Supreme Court.[2]

On February 20, 2004, Connor died of breast cancer.[2][5]

References

  1. ^ a b "SC Judicial Branch". www.sccourts.org. Retrieved June 22, 2023.
  2. ^ a b c d e "State's first female circuit court judge dies at 54". Spartanburg Herald Journal. Retrieved June 22, 2023.
  3. ^ "Carol Connor". SC Women In Leadership. Retrieved June 22, 2023.
  4. ^ "Teen charged with threatening judge". www.wistv.com. September 17, 2003. Retrieved June 22, 2023.
  5. ^ MEG KINNARD (January 14, 2010). "S.C. high court gets 2nd female justice". Post and Courier. Associated Press. Retrieved June 22, 2023.