Kathleen A Cairns: 1 book
The Case of Rose Bird
Gender, Politics, and the California Courts
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2016
Rose Elizabeth Bird was forty years old when in 1977 Governor Edmund G. “Jerry” Brown chose her to become California’s first female supreme court chief justice. Appointed to a court with a stellar reputation for being the nation’s most progressive, Bird became a lightning rod for the opposition...
