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Author McLeod, Jacqueline

Title Daughter of the Empire State : the life of Judge Jane Bolin / Jacqueline A. McLeod
Published Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2011]
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Contents 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
Summary 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
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
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Subject Bolin, Jane M. (Jane Matilda), 1908-2007.
SUBJECT Bolin, Jane M. (Jane Matilda), 1908-2007 fast
Subject African American judges -- New York (State) -- New York -- Biography
Women judges -- New York (State) -- New York -- Biography
African American judges -- New York (State) -- New York -- Biography
Women judges -- New York (State) -- New York -- Biography
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Lawyers & Judges.
LAW -- Legal History.
HISTORY -- United States -- 20th Century.
African American judges
Women judges
New York (State) -- New York
Genre/Form Electronic book
Biographies
Biographies.
Biographies.
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2019716481
ISBN 9780252093616
0252093615
1283989255
9781283989251