Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg : "a richer system of justice" / Deborah Jones Merritt. The independence, strength, and professionalism of Sandra Day O'Connor / Marci A. Hamilton -- The life and highly interesting times of Betty Roberts : the first woman to serve on Oregon's appellate courts / Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum and S. Diane Rynerson -- The Honorable Joan Dempsey Klein : a relentless quest for gender equality / Drucilla Stender Ramey -- Rosalie Erwin Wahl : tested by tragedy, fueled by idealism, accomplished beyond measure / Harriet Lansing -- Patricia McGowan Wald : role model for doing the right thing / Marcia D. Greenberger and Sarah E. Wald -- He sensed a story and cancelled the party / Esther Moellering Tomljanovich -- Confronting challenges / Ruth Cooper Burg -- We couldn't say "no" to Vaino / Consuelo Bland Marshall -- Challenging the status quo / Irma S. Raker -- Living the life of the moment / Rosemary Barkett -- VAWA and the art of listening / Mary M. Schroeder -- Dealing with criticism / Beverly McLachlin -- Never remain silent in the face of injustice / Judith McConnell -- Women workers/women lawyers : three foremothers / Marsha S. Berzon -- A judge's journey / Nancy Gertner -- Angels, mentors, and friends / Peggy Quince -- I had never considered this step / Fernande R.V. Duffly -- The joy of serendipity and risk / M. Margaret McKeown -- Lessons from a blessed journey / Ann Claire Williams -- The spark of manifest injustice / Bernice B. Donald -- The battlefield while on the battlefield / Linda Strite Murnane -- Do not let fear win over change / Angela M. Bradstreet -- Overlooked, underestimated, and interrupted / Tani Cantil-Sakauye -- Moving forward and facing back / Anna Blackburne-Rigsby -- Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg : "a richer system of justice" / Deborah Jones Merritt.
Summary:
"This book contains personal stories by and about some of the most revered and influential judges in the United States. They also provide a unique and deeply instructive glimpse into our justice system. In the following pages you will come across a remarkable array of female jurists: trailblazers, legal entrepreneurs, political strategists and mentors. This is a book about imagination, and what it took and still takes for women, and by extension other minorities invisible to the constitution and the law, to imagine themselves into a structure that didn't include them"--Provided by publisher.
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.