Kathryn J. DuFour (March 19, 1910 — February 4, 2005)[1] was the first female judge in the Maryland Circuit Courts.
[2] Born in Lawrence, Massachusetts, DuFour was a teenage actress, playing small roles for MGM and Fox Studios, until her mother forced her to stop acting and finish high school.
After law school, she worked as a private attorney and for the Legal Aid Bureau and raised two children.
In 1953 she was appointed to the Maryland General Assembly by Governor Theodore McKeldin.
In 1955 she was appointed as a judge in the Maryland Sixth Judicial Circuit Court.