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Record Nr.

UNINA9910452789903321

Autore

McLeod Jacqueline

Titolo

Daughter of the Empire State [[electronic resource] ] : the life of Judge Jane Bolin / / Jacqueline A. McLeod

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Urbana, : University of Illinois Press, c2011

ISBN

0-252-09361-5

1-283-98925-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (170 p.)

Disciplina

340.092

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Soggetti

African American judges - New York (State) - New York

Women judges - New York (State) - New York

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Her standing in Poughkeepsie : family lineage and legacy -- On her own : the years at Wellesley and Yale -- Politics of preparation : the making of the nation's first African American woman judge -- Politics of practice : an African American woman judge on the Domestic Relations Court -- Speaking truth to power : a view from the bench of Judge Jane Bolin -- Persona non grata : Jane Bolin and the NAACP, 1931-50.

Sommario/riassunto

This biography elevates Jane Matilda Bolin to her rightful place in American history as an activist, integrationist, jurist, and outspoken public figure in the political and professional milieu of New York City before the onset of the modern Civil Rights movement.