In November 1923, an entourage accompanying Mary Bartelme to her Circuit Court chambers bore witness to a significant occasion. “At the door, she was caught in a swirl of employees, flower baskets, after election cigar smoke and soprano congratulations,” the Tribune’s Genevieve Forbes reported. “The procession of club women, judges, scrub women and dependent girls … Continue reading Chicago’s trailblazing first female judge known for looking after juveniles, stating, ‘There are no bad children’