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November 1, 2015
The Women Of The Supreme Court Now Have The Badass Portrait They Deserve
The women of the Supreme Court are the subjects of a new painting unveiled at the Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C. on Monday.
The portrait features the high court's current female justices, Sonia Sotomayor, Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Elena Kagan, as well as Sandra Day O'Connor, who retired from the bench in 2005. O'Connor made history in 1981 when she became the first woman ever named to the Supreme Court.
Artist Nelson Shanks was commissioned by collectors Ian and Annette Cumming to paint the portrait. According to the Smithsonian, the painting is on loan to the museum for three years.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/10/28/supreme-court-women-portrait_n_4171983.html?1383006537&ncid=edlinkusaolp00000008
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