Blanche Ethel Krupansky highlighted a notable judicial career by becoming the second woman to serve on the Supreme Court of Ohio. Judge Krupansky brought to the Court experience from her service on the Cleveland Municipal Court, the Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas and the 8th District Court of Appeals.

Krupansky was born in Cleveland to Frank and Ann Krupansky on Dec. 10, 1925. Following her education in Cleveland’s public schools, she graduated from Flora Stone Mather College in Cleveland in 1947, and from Case-Western Reserve University Law School in 1948. Krupansky began private practice in 1949, following her admission to the Ohio Bar. Later, she served as an assistant attorney general during the terms of Ohio Attorney General C. William O’Neil and was appointed assistant chief counsel to the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation.

Krupansky began her judicial career by serving on the Cleveland Municipal Court from 1961 to 1969. She was elected to her first term on the Cuyahoga County Court of Commo