Geraldine Frances Macelwane
(1909-1974)
Geraldine F. Macelwane was admitted to the Ohio bar in 1932, and practiced law for
five years before being appointed an assistant Lucas County prosecutor. Judge Macelwane
was elected to the Toledo Municipal Court bench in1952 and in 1956 she became the
first woman judge on the Lucas County Common Pleas Court. Judge Macelwane developed
the Ohio individual docket system and was instrumental in developing Ohio Jury Instructions.