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Biskupic, Joan.
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O'Connor, Sandra Day, 1930-
United States. Supreme Court -- Biography.
Judges -- United States -- Biography.
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Biskupic, Joan.
O'Connor, Sandra Day, 1930-
United States. Supreme Court -- Biography.
Judges -- United States -- Biography.
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Sandra
Day
O
'Connor :
how
the
first
woman
on the
Supreme
Court
became
its
most
influential
justice
/ Joan Biskupic.
by
Biskupic, Joan.
Harper Perennial, 2006.
Call #:
347.035092 O18s
Subjects
O
'Connor,
Sandra
Day
, 1930-
United States.
Supreme
Court
-- Biography.
Judges -- United States -- Biography.
ISBN:
006059019X (pbk.) :
9780060590192 (pbk.)
Edition:
1st Harper Perennial ed.
Description:
421 p., [6] p. of plates : ill. ; 21 cm.
Notes:
"An Ecco book."
Originally published: ECCO, 2005.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [385]-388) and index.
Contents:
1. Pioneer Roots -- 2. "The Rules of the Game" -- 3. A
Supreme
Court
Opening -- 4. "Never One of the Boys" -- 5. Reagan's Choice -- 6. The Marble Palace -- 7. The Gender Trap -- 8. Ascending the Bench -- 9. "The Transitory Nature of Life" -- 10. Still in the Game -- 11. Shifting Ground on Abortion -- 12. End of an Era -- 13. Finding New Bearings -- 14. Abortion Battles Continue -- 15. Scalia v.
O
'Connor -- 16. Open Files -- 17. Appearances Count -- 18. Moving Forward.
Summary:
"
Sandra
Day
O
'Connor, America's
first
woman
justice
, was called the
most
powerful
woman
in America. She
became
the axis on which the
Supreme
Court
turned, and it was often said that to gauge the direction of American law, one need look only to
O
'Connor's vote. Drawing on information gleaned from once-private papers, hundreds of interviews, and the insight gained from nearly two decades of covering the
Supreme
Court
, author Joan Biskupic offers readers a fascinating portrait of a complex and multifaceted woman-lawyer, politician, legislator, and
justice
, as well as wife, mother, A-list society hostess, and competitive athlete. Biskupic provides an in-depth account of her transformation from tentative jurist to confident architect of American law. Book jacket."--BOOK JACKET.
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Biographies.
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