TY - BOOK AU - McLeod,Jacqueline TI - Daughter of the Empire State: the life of Judge Jane Bolin AV - KF373 .D384 2011 PY - 2011/// CY - Urbana PB - University of Illinois Press KW - African American judges KW - New York (State) KW - New York KW - Biography KW - Women judges KW - Electronic Books N1 - 2; 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; 2; b N2 - 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 UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=569679&site=eds-live&custid=s3260518 ER -