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Judge John Minor Wisdom, Sr., and the former Bonnie Mathews}}
 
Judge John Minor Wisdom, Sr., and the former Bonnie Mathews}}
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'''Kathleen Mathews Wisdom''', known as '''Kit Wisdom''' (December 1, 1939 – July 2020), was a [[liberal]] [[Republican Party|Republican]] political [[activist]] born in [[New Orleans]], [[Louisiana]]. Her father, U.S. District Judge John Minor Wisdom (1905-1999), also a liberal Republican, was appointed by [[U.S. President]] [[Dwight Eisenhower]], a [[Moderate Republican]], to a seat on the United States Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, based in New Orleans. In that role, Wisdom supervised the desegregation of public schools in Orleans Parish in the late 1950s. The appeals court is now named in Wisdom's honor.
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'''Kathleen Mathews Wisdom''', known as '''Kit Wisdom''' (December 1, 1939 – July 2020), was a [[liberal]] [[Republican Party|Republican]] political [[activist]] born in [[New Orleans]], [[Louisiana]]. Her father, U.S. District Judge John Minor Wisdom, Sr. (1905-1999), also a liberal Republican, was appointed by [[U.S. President]] [[Dwight Eisenhower]], a [[Moderate Republican]], to a seat on the United States Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, based in New Orleans. In that role, Wisdom supervised the desegregation of public schools in Orleans Parish in the late 1950s. The appeals court is now named in Wisdom's honor.
    
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