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The Resource First : Sandra Day O'Connor, Evan Thomas

First : Sandra Day O'Connor, Evan Thomas

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"Based on exclusive interviews and access to the Supreme Court archives, this is the intimate, inspiring, and authoritative biography of America's first female Justice, Sandra Day O'Connor--by New York Times bestselling author Evan Thomas. She was born in 1930 in El Paso and grew up on a cattle ranch in Arizona. At a time when women were expected to be homemakers, she set her sights on Stanford University. When she graduated near the top of her class at law school in 1952, no firm would even interview her. But Sandra Day O'Connor's story is that of a woman who repeatedly shattered glass ceilings--doing so with a blend of grace, wisdom, humor, understatement, and cowgirl toughness. She became the first-ever female majority leader of a state senate. As a judge on the Arizona State Court of Appeals, she stood up to corrupt lawyers and humanized the law. When she arrived at the Supreme Court, appointed by Reagan in 1981, she began a quarter-century tenure on the court, hearing cases that ultimately shaped American law. Diagnosed with cancer at fifty-eight, and caring for a husband with Alzheimer's, O'Connor endured every difficulty with grit and poise. Women and men today will be inspired by how to be first in your own life, how to know when to fight and when to walk away, through O'Connor's example. This is a remarkably vivid and personal portrait of a woman who loved her family and believed in serving her country, who, when she became the most powerful woman in America, built a bridge forward for the women who followed her"--
Language
eng
Work
Publication
Edition
First edition.
Extent
xvi, 476 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
Contents
  • Prologue
  • Lazy B
  • Stanford
  • The golden couple
  • Majority leader
  • Arizona judge
  • The president calls
  • Inside the marble palace
  • Scrutiny
  • FWOTSC
  • Cancer
  • A woman's role
  • Civic religion
  • Bush v. Gore
  • Affirmative action
  • End game
  • Labor of love
Isbn
9780399589287
Instance
Label
First : Sandra Day O'Connor
Title
First
Title remainder
Sandra Day O'Connor
Statement of responsibility
Evan Thomas
Creator
Author
Subject
Genre
Language
eng
Summary
"Based on exclusive interviews and access to the Supreme Court archives, this is the intimate, inspiring, and authoritative biography of America's first female Justice, Sandra Day O'Connor--by New York Times bestselling author Evan Thomas. She was born in 1930 in El Paso and grew up on a cattle ranch in Arizona. At a time when women were expected to be homemakers, she set her sights on Stanford University. When she graduated near the top of her class at law school in 1952, no firm would even interview her. But Sandra Day O'Connor's story is that of a woman who repeatedly shattered glass ceilings--doing so with a blend of grace, wisdom, humor, understatement, and cowgirl toughness. She became the first-ever female majority leader of a state senate. As a judge on the Arizona State Court of Appeals, she stood up to corrupt lawyers and humanized the law. When she arrived at the Supreme Court, appointed by Reagan in 1981, she began a quarter-century tenure on the court, hearing cases that ultimately shaped American law. Diagnosed with cancer at fifty-eight, and caring for a husband with Alzheimer's, O'Connor endured every difficulty with grit and poise. Women and men today will be inspired by how to be first in your own life, how to know when to fight and when to walk away, through O'Connor's example. This is a remarkably vivid and personal portrait of a woman who loved her family and believed in serving her country, who, when she became the most powerful woman in America, built a bridge forward for the women who followed her"--
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Biography type
individual biography
http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
1951-
http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
Thomas, Evan
Dewey number
  • 347.73/2634
  • B
Illustrations
  • illustrations
  • plates
Index
index present
LC call number
KF8745.O25
LC item number
T46 2019
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
bibliography
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • O'Connor, Sandra Day
  • Women judges
  • United States
Target audience
adult
Label
First : Sandra Day O'Connor, Evan Thomas
Instantiates
Publication
Copyright
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 414-447) and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Prologue -- Lazy B -- Stanford -- The golden couple -- Majority leader -- Arizona judge -- The president calls -- Inside the marble palace -- Scrutiny -- FWOTSC -- Cancer -- A woman's role -- Civic religion -- Bush v. Gore -- Affirmative action -- End game -- Labor of love
Control code
on1089446414
Dimensions
25 cm
Edition
First edition.
Extent
xvi, 476 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
Isbn
9780399589287
Isbn Type
(hardback)
Lccn
2018040502
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
illustrations
System control number
(OCoLC)1089446414
Label
First : Sandra Day O'Connor, Evan Thomas
Publication
Copyright
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 414-447) and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Prologue -- Lazy B -- Stanford -- The golden couple -- Majority leader -- Arizona judge -- The president calls -- Inside the marble palace -- Scrutiny -- FWOTSC -- Cancer -- A woman's role -- Civic religion -- Bush v. Gore -- Affirmative action -- End game -- Labor of love
Control code
on1089446414
Dimensions
25 cm
Edition
First edition.
Extent
xvi, 476 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
Isbn
9780399589287
Isbn Type
(hardback)
Lccn
2018040502
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
illustrations
System control number
(OCoLC)1089446414

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