On appointment to the Lords, she created a coat of arms bearing the motto Omnia Feminae Aequissimae, meaning “women are equal to everything”. Farrand, nine years her senior, went on to become the pensions and insurance ombudsman. Of the 12 justices currently on the supreme court, she is the only woman. All 13 judges appointed to the law lords and supreme court since 2004, she noted, were men, “all were white. In a 2013 speech, Hale remarked: “I too used to be sceptical about the argument that women judges were bound to make a difference, but I have come to agree with those great women judges who think that sometimes, on occasions, we may do so.”

Source: The Guardian July 21, 2017 11:22 UTC