Daughter of the Empire State : The Life of Judge Jane Bolin.
- 1st ed.
- 1 online resource (170 pages)
Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Her Standing in Poughkeepsie: Family Lineage and Legacy -- 2. On Her Own: The Years at Wellesley and Yale -- 3. Politics of Preparation: The Making of the Nation's First African American Woman Judge -- Illustrations after page 42 -- 4. Politics of Practice: An African American Woman Judge on the Domestic Relations Court -- 5. Speaking Truth to Power: A View from the Bench of Judge Jane Bolin -- 6. Persona Non Grata: Jane Bolin and the NAACP, 1931-50 -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Index -- back cover.
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Bolin, Jane M.-(Jane Matilda),-1908-2007. African American judges-New York (State)-New York-Biography. Women judges-New York (State)-New York-Biography.