Carol Connor

(1950-2004)

Born in Kingstree, South Carolina Connor received her Juris Doctor from the University of South Carolina in 1976. She became an Assistant South Carolina Attorney General and was elected to the South Carolina Family Court in 1983. After serving for five years, Connor became the first woman to serve as a South Carolina Circuit Judge and the first woman to serve as an acting member of the South Carolina Supreme Court.

Photo courtesy of the South Carolina Judicial Department