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Honorable Madge Bradley (November 14, 1904) served as San Diego's first female judge and was the first and only woman to serve on the bench in San Diego during her career. [1] She lived in San Diego County from when she was six to her death in 2000. [2]

Madge Bradley was born on November 14, 1904 in Ukiah, California where her parents operated a grape farm. When she was six years old, her parents moved to Oceanside, California -where her mother was from.[3] She graduated from Oceanside-Carlsbad Union High School in 1922.[4] There after, she worked at the Union Trust Insurance and the Trust Company in San Diego.[5] Her interactions with lawyers at these two companies encouraged her to take correspondence courses from a Chicago university. [6] In 1933, she passed the California State Bar Exam but did not officially start working as a lawyer until 1940 due to the hardships of the Great Depression.

In 1942, Madge Bradley opened her own practice that specialized in adoptions, domestic relations, probate and guardianship work. Her interest and enthusiasm for this kind of work led her to chair the Community Welfare Council’s Adoption Study Committee which served as an important tool for changing California's adoption laws and gave San Diego County the first license to run an adoption agency.[7] Soon after, she was named Director of the San Diego County Bar Association.[8]

Madge Bradley was appointed as the first female to serve on the bench in San Diego County in 1953. She served this position until her retirement in 1971. [9] During this time, she was re-elected for her position on three separate occasions. Winning each election easily.[10]

Madge Bradley has been given many awards because of her contributions to San Diego. In 1953, the year she was appointed as a judge, she was named San Diego "Woman of the Year".[11] She also received several awards from religious groups, service organizations, and the legal community. [12] In 1995, the Madge Bradley Building was named after this woman and is where domestic and probate cases are heard.[13] In 2002, she was inducted into the Women's Museum of California "Hall of Fame" for being a trailblazer within San Diego County.[14]




References

  1. ^ "The San Diego County Women's Hall of Fame." Inductees By Year. Web. <http://womensmuseumca.org/whof/Inductees/InducteeByYearWEB.php>.
  2. ^ "SDCBA Criminal Justice Memorial." SDCBA Criminal Justice Memorial. Web. 24 May 2012. <http://www.sdcba.org/index.cfm?pg=CriminalJusticeMemorial>.
  3. ^ "SDCBA Criminal Justice Memorial." SDCBA Criminal Justice Memorial. Web. 24 May 2012. <http://www.sdcba.org/index.cfm?pg=CriminalJusticeMemorial>.
  4. ^ "SDCBA Criminal Justice Memorial." SDCBA Criminal Justice Memorial. Web. 24 May 2012. <http://www.sdcba.org/index.cfm?pg=CriminalJusticeMemorial>.
  5. ^ "SDCBA Criminal Justice Memorial." SDCBA Criminal Justice Memorial. Web. 24 May 2012. <http://www.sdcba.org/index.cfm?pg=CriminalJusticeMemorial>.
  6. ^ "The San Diego County Women's Hall of Fame." Inductees By Year. Web. <http://womensmuseumca.org/whof/Inductees/InducteeByYearWEB.php>.
  7. ^ "SDCBA Criminal Justice Memorial." SDCBA Criminal Justice Memorial. Web. 24 May 2012. <http://www.sdcba.org/index.cfm?pg=CriminalJusticeMemorial>.
  8. ^ "The San Diego County Women's Hall of Fame." Inductees By Year. Web. <http://womensmuseumca.org/whof/Inductees/InducteeByYearWEB.php>.
  9. ^ "The San Diego County Women's Hall of Fame." Inductees By Year. Web. <http://womensmuseumca.org/whof/Inductees/InducteeByYearWEB.php>.
  10. ^ "SDCBA Criminal Justice Memorial." SDCBA Criminal Justice Memorial. Web. 24 May 2012. <http://www.sdcba.org/index.cfm?pg=CriminalJusticeMemorial>.
  11. ^ "SDCBA Criminal Justice Memorial." SDCBA Criminal Justice Memorial. Web. 24 May 2012. <http://www.sdcba.org/index.cfm?pg=CriminalJusticeMemorial>.
  12. ^ "The San Diego County Women's Hall of Fame." Inductees By Year. Web. <http://womensmuseumca.org/whof/Inductees/InducteeByYearWEB.php>.
  13. ^ "SDCBA Criminal Justice Memorial." SDCBA Criminal Justice Memorial. Web. 24 May 2012. <http://www.sdcba.org/index.cfm?pg=CriminalJusticeMemorial>.
  14. ^ "The San Diego County Women's Hall of Fame." Inductees By Year. Web. <http://womensmuseumca.org/whof/Inductees/InducteeByYearWEB.php>.
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