The first female justice on the New Mexico Supreme Court, the first female district judge in New Mexico, and the first president of the New Mexico Women's Political Caucus.
Born in Baraga, MI, in 1922. During WW2, Walters joined the Women Airforce Service Pilots and served as a transport pilot. As a war veteran, she had the right to enroll in the University of New Mexico School of Law. She was the only woman in her class.
After graduating at the age of 40, Walters served as a delegate at the New Mexico Constitutional Convention. Three years later, she was appointed as a Probate Judge in Albuquerque, New Mexico, the first woman in the state to become a district judge.
At the age of 62, Walters became the first woman to be nominated as a justice in the New Mexico Supreme Court, as well as the first president of the New Mexico Women’s Political Caucus. Read more...
