outstanding women in the law from my time: Colleen Mahoney, Justice Thurgood Marshall's daughter in law

 https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1991-06-28-9102270108-story.html

here is an article from the Chicago Tribute about the late SCOTUS Justice Thurgood Marshall:  

https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1991-06-29-9102270267-story.html 

Ms. Mahoney was admitted to practice before the U.S. Supreme Court in 1991, toghether with her lawyer husband, Thurgood Marshall Junior,  before her father in law, Justice Marshall, then 83 years of age. 

https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/bs-xpm-1991-06-25-1991176080-story.html