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//end headline wrapper ?> Shirley Abrahamson. Jake Harper/Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism “She belongs on the Mount Rushmore of Wisconsin Supreme Court justices,” Joe Ehmann, who runs the appellate division of the State Public Defender’s office in Madison, says of the late Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Shirley Abrahamson, who passed away on Saturday. “I think of her and Ruth Bader Ginsburg in the same way,” he adds. “I am in awe of and grateful for what each achi...

Shirley Abrahamson, longest-serving member of Wisconsin Supreme Court, dies at 87 Patrick Marley, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel MADISON - Shirley Abrahamson crashed through barriers for women, but her son was only dimly aware of it as he was growing up. Daniel Abrahamson was about 12 when his mother became the first woman to serve on the Wisconsin Supreme Court in 1976. The significance didnt fully sink in at the time, he said Sunday.  “My understanding might have been stronger ...