Supreme Court Takes First Step

As amazing as this sounds, it took the U.S. Supreme Court 217 years to appoint their first female special master.  Kristin Lindsey Miles of San Francisco was appointed by the court as special master in the case of South Carolina v. North Carolina.  

Special Masters are appointed by courts to perform fact finding.   This case is one of the few types of suits where the 
Supreme Court is the first to hear the case (original 
jurisdiction).

I find it amazing that it took this long to appoint a female. This is the same court who "broke" the color barrier in Brown v. Board of Ed and has made numerous rulings on gender based cases and laws.