"Not in Our Wildest Dreams"

A Free Documentary Film Screening

"Not In Our Wildest Dreams," produced by Missouri Humanities, highlights the Missouri Supreme Court’s historic female majority. The four women currently serving, as well as three who have retired, strive to promote civics, empower youth and inspire all. Q&A to follow. Co-sponsored by Columbia, MO Branch of the AAUW and the League of Women Voters of Columbia-Boone County. (26 min.) Adults & teens.

The film "Not In Our Wildest Dreams" explores the role of the Missouri Supreme Court in the state’s past, present and future through Missouri’s female judges, from the court’s first woman judge, the Honorable Ann Covington, in 1989 to its historic female-majority bench today. The film highlights the court’s teamwork in promoting civic education and empowering youth engagement, as well as the personal journeys of the trailblazers behind the black robes.

In 2023, Missouri became the 14th state to have a female majority Supreme Court. This film features the stories and contributions of judges Mary Rhodes Russell, Robin Ransom, Ginger Gooch, Kelly Broniec, Patricia Breckenridge, Laura Stith and Ann Covington.

This film is produced by Missouri Humanities, with support from The Missouri Bar; the Association for Women Lawyers Foundation; the Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis; Polsinelli Law Firm; Husch Blackwell LLP; the League of Women Voters of Missouri; Shook, Hardy, and Bacon LLP; the Women Lawyers Association of Greater St. Louis and Mary Butts Bruntrager. For more information about Missouri Humanities, visit mohumanities.org.

A Q&A will follow the screening. (26 min.) Adults & teens.

This Women's History Month program is co-sponsored by the Columbia, MO Branch of the American Association of University Women (AAUW) and the League of Women Voters of Columbia-Boone County.

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