# Baker’s Dozen III **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [August 22, 2022, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093 "2022-08-22T15:39:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 447
**Author:** ![Jegpeg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f475e1/32.png) [@Jegpeg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jegpeg)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2025, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/8921 "2025-12-18T21:30:04Z")
But we still have 3 to go ---
**Author:** ![gkster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gkster/32/14107_2.png) [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2025, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/8922 "2025-12-18T21:33:45Z")
**Past and Present Female Heads of State** 1. Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom 2. Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom 3. President Claudia Sheinbaum of Mexico 4. Catherine II, Empress of Russia, 1762-1796. 5. Irene of Athens, Empress of the (Eastern) Romans 6. Empress Jitō of Japan, 686-697 7. Empress Wu Zetian, China 8. Isabel Perón, President of Argentina, 1974-1976 9. Catherine Connolly, President of Ireland 10. Halla Tómasdóttir, President of Iceland 11. Corazon Aquino, President of the Philippines ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2025, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/8923 "2025-12-18T21:33:49Z")
D’oh, of course! Sorry. **Past and Present Female Heads of State** 1. Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom 2. Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom 3. President Claudia Sheinbaum of Mexico 4. Catherine II, Empress of Russia, 1762-1796. 5. Irene of Athens, Empress of the (Eastern) Romans 6. Empress Jitō of Japan, 686-697 7. Empress Wu Zetian, China 8. Isabel Perón, President of Argentina, 1974-1976 9. Catherine Connolly, President of Ireland 10. Halla Tómasdóttir, President of Iceland 11. Corazon Aquino, President of the Philippines 12. Queen Elizabeth I of England ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2025, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/8924 "2025-12-18T22:20:01Z")
**Past and Present Female Heads of State** 1. Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom 2. Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom 3. President Claudia Sheinbaum of Mexico 4. Catherine II, Empress of Russia, 1762-1796. 5. Irene of Athens, Empress of the (Eastern) Romans 6. Empress Jitō of Japan, 686-697 7. Empress Wu Zetian, China 8. Isabel Perón, President of Argentina, 1974-1976 9. Catherine Connolly, President of Ireland 10. Halla Tómasdóttir, President of Iceland 11. Corazon Aquino, President of the Philippines 12. Queen Elizabeth I of England 13. Queen Victoria of England **Prominent female judges** 1. Maureen O’Connor, Chief Justice of the Ohio Supreme Court (2011-2022) 2. Sandra Day O’Connor, First Woman Justice of the US Supreme Court ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2025, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/8925 "2025-12-18T23:00:47Z")
**Prominent female judges** 1. Maureen O’Connor, Chief Justice of the Ohio Supreme Court (2011-2022) 2. Sandra Day O’Connor, First Woman Justice of the US Supreme Court 3. Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Justice of the US Supreme Court ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2025, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/8926 "2025-12-19T14:35:20Z")
**Prominent female judges** 1. Maureen O’Connor, Chief Justice of the Ohio Supreme Court (2011-2022) 2. Sandra Day O’Connor, First Woman Justice of the US Supreme Court 3. Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Justice of the US Supreme Court 4. Brenda Hale, Baroness Hale of Richmond, former President of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom For more: [Brenda Hale, Baroness Hale of Richmond - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brenda_Hale,_Baroness_Hale_of_Richmond) ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2025, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/8927 "2025-12-19T14:48:42Z")
**Prominent female judges** 1. Maureen O’Connor, Chief Justice of the Ohio Supreme Court (2011-2022) 2. Sandra Day O’Connor, First Woman Justice of the US Supreme Court 3. Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Justice of the US Supreme Court 4. Brenda Hale, Baroness Hale of Richmond, former President of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom 5. Sonia Sotomayor - Justice on the US SUpreme Court ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2025, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/8928 "2025-12-19T15:21:44Z")
**Prominent female judges** 1. Maureen O’Connor, Chief Justice of the Ohio Supreme Court (2011-2022) 2. Sandra Day O’Connor, First Woman Justice of the US Supreme Court 3. Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Justice of the US Supreme Court 4. Brenda Hale, Baroness Hale of Richmond, former President of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom 5. Sonia Sotomayor - Justice on the US Supreme Court 6. Ketanji Brown Jackson - Justice on the US Supreme Court ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2025, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/8929 "2025-12-19T15:30:38Z")
**Prominent female judges** 1. Maureen O’Connor, Chief Justice of the Ohio Supreme Court (2011-2022) 2. Sandra Day O’Connor, First Woman Justice of the US Supreme Court 3. Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Justice of the US Supreme Court 4. Brenda Hale, Baroness Hale of Richmond, former President of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom 5. Sonia Sotomayor - Justice on the US Supreme Court 6. Ketanji Brown Jackson - Justice on the US Supreme Court 7. Susan Kiefel - First female Chief Justice of Australia’s High Court ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2025, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/8930 "2025-12-19T15:34:42Z")
**Prominent female judges** 1. Maureen O’Connor, Chief Justice of the Ohio Supreme Court (2011-2022) 2. Sandra Day O’Connor, First Woman Justice of the US Supreme Court 3. Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Justice of the US Supreme Court 4. Brenda Hale, Baroness Hale of Richmond, former President of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom 5. Sonia Sotomayor - Justice on the US Supreme Court 6. Ketanji Brown Jackson - Justice on the US Supreme Court 7. Susan Kiefel - First female Chief Justice of Australia’s High Court 8. Deborah - Fourth judge of pre-monarchist Israel from the book of Judges in the Old Testament ---
**Author:** ![Bicycle\_Bill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bicycle_bill/32/6208_2.png) [@Bicycle\_Bill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bicycle_Bill)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2025, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/8931 "2025-12-19T15:52:43Z")
**Prominent female judges** 1. Maureen O’Connor, Chief Justice of the Ohio Supreme Court (2011-2022) 2. Sandra Day O’Connor, First Woman Justice of the US Supreme Court 3. Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Justice of the US Supreme Court 4. Brenda Hale, Baroness Hale of Richmond, former President of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom 5. Sonia Sotomayor - Justice on the US Supreme Court 6. Ketanji Brown Jackson - Justice on the US Supreme Court 7. Susan Kiefel - First female Chief Justice of Australia’s High Court 8. Deborah - Fourth judge of pre-monarchist Israel 9. Kathryn Sellers – First female judge appointed to a Federal Court chosen by Woodrow Wilson to be head of the Juvenile Court of the District of Columbia in 1918, making her the first woman appointed to the federal judiciary _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2025, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/8932 "2025-12-19T20:00:40Z")
**Prominent female judges** 1. Maureen O’Connor, Chief Justice of the Ohio Supreme Court (2011-2022) 2. Sandra Day O’Connor, First Woman Justice of the US Supreme Court 3. Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Justice of the US Supreme Court 4. Brenda Hale, Baroness Hale of Richmond, former President of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom 5. Sonia Sotomayor - Justice on the US Supreme Court 6. Ketanji Brown Jackson - Justice on the US Supreme Court 7. Susan Kiefel - First female Chief Justice of Australia’s High Court 8. Deborah - Fourth judge of pre-monarchist Israel 9. Kathryn Sellers – First female judge appointed to a Federal Court 10. Florence Allen - First female judge to serve on a state supreme court (in Ohio), and to serve on a Federal court of appeals (the Sixth Circuit, which includes Ohio) Often mentioned during the FDR and Truman years as a possible SCOTUS appointee, but it didn’t happen, alas. For more: [Florence E. Allen - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florence_E._Allen) Pass. ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2025, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/8933 "2025-12-19T20:32:37Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Pass. Still have 3 to go! Again! ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2025, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/8934 "2025-12-19T23:09:22Z")
**Prominent female judges** 1. Maureen O’Connor, Chief Justice of the Ohio Supreme Court (2011-2022) 2. Sandra Day O’Connor, First Woman Justice of the US Supreme Court 3. Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Justice of the US Supreme Court 4. Brenda Hale, Baroness Hale of Richmond, former President of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom 5. Sonia Sotomayor - Justice on the US Supreme Court 6. Ketanji Brown Jackson - Justice on the US Supreme Court 7. Susan Kiefel - First female Chief Justice of Australia’s High Court 8. Deborah - Fourth judge of pre-monarchist Israel 9. Kathryn Sellers – First female judge appointed to a Federal Court 10. Florence Allen - First female judge to serve on a state supreme court (in Ohio), and to serve on a Federal court of appeals (the Sixth Circuit, which includes Ohio) 11. Marilyn Milian - retired Florida Circuit Court judge and court-show arbiter for _The People’s Court_ Noted for being a smoke show (oh yass) ---
**Author:** ![gkster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gkster/32/14107_2.png) [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2025, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/8935 "2025-12-19T23:14:18Z")
**Prominent female judges** 1. Maureen O’Connor, Chief Justice of the Ohio Supreme Court (2011-2022) 2. Sandra Day O’Connor, First Woman Justice of the US Supreme Court 3. Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Justice of the US Supreme Court 4. Brenda Hale, Baroness Hale of Richmond, former President of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom 5. Sonia Sotomayor - Justice on the US Supreme Court 6. Ketanji Brown Jackson - Justice on the US Supreme Court 7. Susan Kiefel - First female Chief Justice of Australia’s High Court 8. Deborah - Fourth judge of pre-monarchist Israel 9. Kathryn Sellers – First female judge appointed to a Federal Court 10. Florence Allen - First female judge to serve on a state supreme court (in Ohio), and to serve on a Federal court of appeals (the Sixth Circuit, which includes Ohio) 11. Marilyn Milian - retired Florida Circuit Court judge and court-show arbiter for _The People’s Court_ 12. Sarah T. Hughes - First female state district judge in Texas, first female federal district judge in the state, and first and only female judge to administer the oath of office to a President (LBJ, Dallas, November 1963) And looks like nobody noticed the repeat of Queen Victoria at numbers 2 and 13 in the previous category. Let’s replace her with Queen Anne of Great Britain ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2025, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/8936 "2025-12-20T01:01:28Z")
> [@Railer13](#): > > > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > > > Pass. > > Still have 3 to go! > > Again! :: hits self in head :: Must. Read. Thread. Title. **Prominent female judges** 1. Maureen O’Connor, Chief Justice of the Ohio Supreme Court (2011-2022) 2. Sandra Day O’Connor, First Woman Justice of the US Supreme Court 3. Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Justice of the US Supreme Court 4. Brenda Hale, Baroness Hale of Richmond, former President of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom 5. Sonia Sotomayor - Justice on the US Supreme Court 6. Ketanji Brown Jackson - Justice on the US Supreme Court 7. Susan Kiefel - First female Chief Justice of Australia’s High Court 8. Deborah - Fourth judge of pre-monarchist Israel 9. Kathryn Sellers – First female judge appointed to a Federal Court 10. Florence Allen - First female judge to serve on a state supreme court (in Ohio), and to serve on a Federal court of appeals (the Sixth Circuit, which includes Ohio) 11. Marilyn Milian - retired Florida Circuit Court judge and court-show arbiter for _The People’s Court_ 12. Sarah T. Hughes - First female state district judge in Texas, first female federal district judge in the state, and first and only female judge to administer the oath of office to a President (LBJ, Dallas, November 1963) 13. Tomoko Akane - President of the International Criminal Court For more: [Tomoko Akane - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tomoko_Akane) Pass. ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2025, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/8937 "2025-12-20T01:52:00Z")
**Non-Fictional Holidays That Are Not Usually Celebrated in the United States** 1. Midsommar ---
**Author:** ![SpoilerVirgin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@SpoilerVirgin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpoilerVirgin)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2025, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/8938 "2025-12-20T02:06:59Z")
**Non-Fictional Holidays That Are Not Usually Celebrated in the United States** 1. Midsommar 2. Boxing Day ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2025, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/8939 "2025-12-20T02:29:48Z")
**Non-Fictional Holidays That Are Not Usually Celebrated in the United States** 1. Midsommar 2. Boxing Day 3. St. Swithin’s Day ---
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