Ellen Ash Peters in 1975, when she was a professor at Yale Law School. As chief justice of Connecticut’s highest court, she wrote a landmark ruling on school desegregation.

Ellen Ash Peters, the first woman to serve as Connecticut's chief justice, died on Tuesday at age 94; Peters was also Yale Law School's first female faculty member.

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Ellen Ash Peters, a former chief justice of the Connecticut Supreme Court and a groundbreaking figure among women in the law, has died, colleagues said Tuesday. She was 94.

Ellen Ash Peters, the first woman to serve as Connecticut’s chief justice, has died at the age of 94. Skip to content. All Sections. Subscribe Now. 77°F. Thursday, May 8th 2025 ...

Ellen Ash Peters was the first woman appointed to the state Supreme Court in 1978. She became the first woman to serve as chief justice six years later.

Chief Justice Ellen Ash Peters smiles as she conducts a news conference at the Connecticut Supreme Court, Nov. 13, 1984, in Hartford, Conn. Peters, the first woman to serve as Connecticut's chief ...

Ellen Ash Peters, the Yale academic ... Her death was announced by the court. Peters was nominated as an associate justice of the state’s highest court in 1978 by Gov. Ella T. Grasso, ...

HARTFORD, Conn. — Ellen Ash Peters, who was the first woman to serve as Connecticut’s chief justice and wrote the majority opinion in the state Supreme Court’s landmark school desegregation ...