Dimmick was appointed to the state’s highest court in 1981 by Gov. Dixy Lee Ray, becoming the 14th woman in the nation to serve on a state supreme court.
SEATTLE — Carolyn R. Dimmick, the first woman to serve on the Washington Supreme Court and who later became a federal judge, died Dec. 24 in Seattle. She was 96.
Dimmick was appointed to the state’s highest court in 1981 by Gov. Dixy Lee Ray, becoming the 14th woman in the nation to serve on a state supreme court. Her appointment came just months before Sandra Day O’Connor became the first woman named to the U.S. Supreme
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