Genevieve Rose Cline (July 27, 1877 – October 25, 1959) was a judge of the United States Customs Court and the first woman to serve in the United States federal judiciary, serving as an Article I federal judge.

She graduated from Warren High School and attended Cleveland's Spencerian Business College.

[1] She was an appraiser of merchandise for the United States Department of the Treasury in Cleveland from 1922 to 1928,[1] becoming the first women to hold such a post.

[2] Cline was nominated by President Calvin Coolidge on May 4, 1928, to an Associate Justice seat (Judge from June 17, 1930) on the United States Customs Court vacated by Associate Justice William C.

[1] A painting of Cline is included in a group mural at the Student Services area of Cleveland-Marshall College of Law.