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Katharine Q. Seelye
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Harriet S. Shapiro, Groundbreaker in Solicitor General’s Office, Dies at 93
She was the department’s first female lawyer, and the quality of her written Supreme Court briefs made her a name in Washington legal circles.
Sarah Weddington, Who Successfully Argued Roe v. Wade, Dies at 76
She went before the U.S. Supreme Court at 26 with almost no legal experience and won one of the most consequential cases in American history.