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On This Day - 2026-08-08 : 2009: Sonia Sotomayor is sworn in as the first Hispanic Supreme Court justice and the third woman to serve on the court. Raised in a housing project in the South Bronx, N.Y., she is the daughter of Puerto Rican parents and previously served on the board of directors for the Puerto Rican Legal Defense and Education Fund.

On This Day - 2026-08-08 : 2009: Sonia Sotomayor is sworn in as the first Hispanic Supreme Court justice and the third woman to serve on the court. Raised in a housing project in the South Bronx, N.Y., she is the daughter of Puerto Rican parents and previously served on the board of directors for the Puerto Rican Legal Defense and Education Fund.

1849 Amelia Bloomer founds The Lily

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