Daughter of the Empire State : the life of Judge Jane Bolin /
McLeod, Jacqueline.
Daughter of the Empire State : the life of Judge Jane Bolin / Jacqueline A. McLeod. - Urbana : University of Illinois Press, (c)2011. - 1 online resource -
Includes bibliographies and index.
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.
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.
2019716481
015894489 Uk
African American judges--New York (State)--New York--Biography.
Women judges--New York (State)--New York--Biography.
Electronic Books.
KF373 / .D384 2011
Daughter of the Empire State : the life of Judge Jane Bolin / Jacqueline A. McLeod. - Urbana : University of Illinois Press, (c)2011. - 1 online resource -
Includes bibliographies and index.
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.
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.
2019716481
015894489 Uk
African American judges--New York (State)--New York--Biography.
Women judges--New York (State)--New York--Biography.
Electronic Books.
KF373 / .D384 2011