The Resource The case of Rose Bird : gender, politics, and the California courts, Kathleen A. Cairns
The case of Rose Bird : gender, politics, and the California courts, Kathleen A. Cairns
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- Summary
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- "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 due to her liberalism, inexperience, and gender. Over the next decade, her name became a rallying cry as critics mounted a relentless effort to get her off the court. Bird survived three unsuccessful recall efforts, but her opponents eventually succeeded in bringing about her defeat in 1986, making her the first chief justice to be removed from the California Supreme Court. The Case of Rose Bird provides a fascinating look at this important and complex woman and the political and cultural climate of California in the 1970s and 1980s. Seeking to uncover the identities and motivations of Bird's vehement critics, Kathleen A. Cairns traces Bird's meteoric rise and cataclysmic fall. Cairns considers the instrumental role that then-current gender dynamics played in Bird's downfall, most visible in the tensions between second-wave feminism and the many Americans who felt that a "radical" feminist agenda might topple long-standing institutions and threaten "traditional" values"--
- "This biography of Rose Elizabeth Bird is an overdue look at California's first female supreme court chief justice, against the backdrop of California's political and cultural climate in the 1970s and 1980s"--
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- x, 328 pages, 8 pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9780803255753
- Label
- The case of Rose Bird : gender, politics, and the California courts
- Title
- The case of Rose Bird
- Title remainder
- gender, politics, and the California courts
- Statement of responsibility
- Kathleen A. Cairns
- Language
- eng
- Summary
-
- "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 due to her liberalism, inexperience, and gender. Over the next decade, her name became a rallying cry as critics mounted a relentless effort to get her off the court. Bird survived three unsuccessful recall efforts, but her opponents eventually succeeded in bringing about her defeat in 1986, making her the first chief justice to be removed from the California Supreme Court. The Case of Rose Bird provides a fascinating look at this important and complex woman and the political and cultural climate of California in the 1970s and 1980s. Seeking to uncover the identities and motivations of Bird's vehement critics, Kathleen A. Cairns traces Bird's meteoric rise and cataclysmic fall. Cairns considers the instrumental role that then-current gender dynamics played in Bird's downfall, most visible in the tensions between second-wave feminism and the many Americans who felt that a "radical" feminist agenda might topple long-standing institutions and threaten "traditional" values"--
- "This biography of Rose Elizabeth Bird is an overdue look at California's first female supreme court chief justice, against the backdrop of California's political and cultural climate in the 1970s and 1980s"--
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- Provided by publisher
- Biography type
- individual biography
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1946-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Cairns, Kathleen A.
- Illustrations
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- illustrations
- plates
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Bird, Rose Elizabeth
- California
- Bird, Rose Elizabeth
- California
- Judges
- Political questions and judicial power
- California
- Judges
- Political questions and judicial power
- California
- Label
- The case of Rose Bird : gender, politics, and the California courts, Kathleen A. Cairns
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 295-301) 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
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- x, 328 pages, 8 pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9780803255753
- Lccn
- 2016024936
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- Note
- YBP Library Services
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
- (OCoLC)946906315
- Label
- The case of Rose Bird : gender, politics, and the California courts, Kathleen A. Cairns
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 295-301) 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
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- x, 328 pages, 8 pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9780803255753
- Lccn
- 2016024936
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- Note
- YBP Library Services
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
- (OCoLC)946906315
Subject
- Biography
- Bird, Rose Elizabeth
- Bird, Rose Elizabeth
- California
- California -- Politics and government -- 1951-
- California, Supreme Court
- California, Supreme Court
- Judges
- Judges -- California -- Biography
- Political questions and judicial power
- Political questions and judicial power -- California
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