Girls & Women, Law, Biography - General & Miscellaneous
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Overview
Sandra Day O'Connor is one of the most influential- and controversial- women of today. In 1981, she was the first woman named to the United States Supreme Court, and since then, her rulings have helped to shape and interpret the laws of our nation.Follows Sandra Day O'Connor from her childhood on an Arizona ranch, through her days as a young lawyer, to her appointment as the first female named to the Supreme Court.
Editorials
School Library Journal
Gr 3-5-- A concise and very readable series entry. Beginning with her childhood on a ranch in Arizona, Gherman recounts O'Connor's education and work as a lawyer and judge. O`Connor's basic philosophy, ``The individual can make things happen,'' is cited as an underlying factor in her confident and successful life and career. This is an adequate source for reports and leisure reading. The black-and-white illustrations are merely decorative; they are not as informative or as authoritative as photographs. For younger children, Carol Greene's Sandra Day O'Connor: First Woman on the Supreme Court (Childrens, 1982) is comparable in scope and style. Judith Bentley's Justice Sandra Day O'Connor (S . & S . , 1983), Harold and Geraldine Wood's Equal Justice (Dillon, 1985), and Peter Huber's Sandra Day O'Connor (Chelsea, 1990) are geared for older children. --April L. Judge, Thousand Oaks Library, CABook Details
Published
April 25, 1991
Publisher
Penguin Books Australia
Pages
64
Format
Hardcover
ISBN
9780670827565