Janet Reno was the first woman Attorney General of United States of America. Nominated by President Bill Clinton on February 11, 1993, she was confirmed by the United States Senate. She was again appointed in 1997.

Janet Reno was born in Miami, Florida and attended public school in Dade County, Florida, where she was a debating champion at Coral Gables High School. In 1956, Janet Reno enrolled at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, where she majored in chemistry, became president of the Women's Self Government Association, and earned her room and board.

In 1960, Janet Reno enrolled in Harvard Law School, one of only sixteen women in a class of more than 500 students. She received her LL.B. from Harvard three years later.

In 1971, Janet Reno was named staff director of the Judiciary Committee of the Florida House of Representatives, and during her tenure, she helped revise the Florida court system. In 1973, she accepted a position with the Dade County State's Attorney's Office. She left the state's attorney's office in 1976 to become a partner in a private law firm.

In 1978, Reno was appointed State Attorney General for Dade County. She was elected to the Office of State Attorney in November of 1978 and was returned to office by the voters four more times. During that time, she helped reform the juvenile justice system and pursued delinquent fathers for child support payments and established the Miami Drug Court.