The pinnacle of her career came in 1961 when Governor David Lawrence appointed her a justice of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.
Look at the picturesAnne Alpern, first woman on Pennsylvania’s high court
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Construction of a new Glenwood Bridge had begun in 1960 but was moving at a glacial pace.
Look at the picturesHazelwood residents’ battle for Glenwood Bridge
She was game to travel anywhere for a good story and once even entered a cage filled with circus lions for that purpose.
Look at the picturesGertrude Gordon, Pittsburgh’s pioneering journalist
Mary Pat Donegan, a psychotherapist, was president.
Look at the picturesWild Sisters Coffeehouse, Pittsburgh’s first feminist bar, bistro and cabaret