[1] Lowe was nominated by President Jimmy Carter on May 10, 1978, to a seat on the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York vacated by Judge John Matthew Cannella.
Her service was terminated on February 27, 1999, due to her death of heart failure in Las Vegas, Nevada.
[1][2] Lowe presided the legal case Pitts v. Black in 1984.
She ruled eligible American voters residing in non-conventional accommodations, like a park bench, cannot be refused to register to vote.
As a result, homeless voters were allowed to cast their ballots.