MADISON, Wis. — Former Wisconsin Supreme Court Chief Justice Shirley Abrahamson has died.
Gov. Tony Evers released a statement Sunday afternoon on Abrahamson’s passing, saying he was “devastated” to learn of her death.
Abrahamson was the first woman to serve on the Wisconsin Supreme Court and the first woman to serve as Chief Justice.
“Yet, her legacy is defined not just by being a first, but her life’s work of ensuring she would not be the last, paving and lighting the way for the many women and others who would come after her,” Evers said.
Abrahamson, who was 87, served on the court from 1976 to 2015 and wrote more than 1,300 opinions. Evers called her a “meticulous jurist and a profound writer.”
She announced in 2018 that she was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer.
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