03857nam 2200529 450 991081595470332120230629221358.01-9788-2452-11-9788-2454-89781978824515hardcover1978824513hardcover9781978824522electronic publication9781978824539Mobipocketelectronic book9781978824546electronic book10.36019/9781978824546(OCoLC)1264470871(CKB)4100000011998661(MiAaPQ)EBC6707620(DE-B1597)606837(DE-B1597)9781978824546(EXLCZ)99410000001199866120220506d2021 uy 0engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentnrdamediancrdacarrierThe First Fifteen /Susan Oki MollwayNew Brunswick :Rutgers University Press,[2021]℗♭20211 online resource (ix, 257 pages)1-9788-2451-3 Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-248) and index.Diversity in the federal judiciary -- Bridging the Gap -- Susan Oki Mollway (D. Haw.) (1998) -- Kiyo A. Matsumoto (E.D.N.Y.) (2008) -- Jacqueline Hong-Ngoc Nguyen (C.D. Cal.) (2009), (9th Cir.) (2012) -- Dolly Maizie Gee (C.D. Cal.) (2010) -- Lucy Haeran Koh (N.D. Cal.) (2010) -- Leslie Emi Kobayashi (D. Haw.) (2010) -- Cathy Bissoon (W.D. Pa.) (2011) -- Miranda Mai Du (D. Nev.) (2012) -- Lorna Gail Schofield (S.D.N.Y.) (2012) -- Pamela Ki Mai Chen (E.D.N.Y.) (2013) -- Indira Talwani (D. Mass.) (2014) -- Jennifer Choe-Groves (Ct. Int'l Trade) (2016) -- Karen Gren Scholer (N.D. Tex.) (2018) -- Jill Aiko Otake (D. Haw.) (2019) -- Neomi Jehangir Rao (D.C. Cir.) (2019) -- Continuing Growth -- Timing of growth -- Demographic factors -- Attitudinal factors -- Why aren't these other Asian women Article III Judges?"When Susan Oki Mollway became a federal judge in the United States District Court for the District of Hawaii in 1998, she was surprised that she was the first Asian American woman to be appointed on the federal bench in the United States. She would remain an exclusive member of Asian American women who are federal judges until a decade later when Kiyo A. Matsumoto was appointed to the federal bench for the Eastern District of New York. Since then, membership of this small group began to grow in number and in diversity. The First Fifteen recounts the experiences of how the first fifteen Asian American women became federal judges, such as Jacqueline Nguyen who fled Vietnam as a child and Pamela Chen, an openly gay Asian woman, and how they succeeded. The women were interviewed by Mollway herself and the book was written by her as well which offers a unique perspective into these women's lives. Mollway discusses their upbringing, their backgrounds, and their attitudes which contributed to their successful navigation through the appointment process"--Provided by publisher.Women judgesUnited StatesBiographyAsian American Studies, Asian women, federal judges, judge, Japanese Americans, lifetime appointments, lifetime judges, nomination, American justice, judicial system, adversity, American dream, internment camps, World War II, Vietnamese refugees, Indian immigrants, diversity, biography, female judges, gender inequality, workplace inequality, discrimination, discrimination in the workplace, immigrant.Women judges347.732634Mollway Susan Oki1950-1646037MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910815954703321The First Fifteen3992841UNINA