Without Precedent: The Life of Susie Marshall Sharp
by Anna R. Hayes
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The first woman judge in the state of North Carolina and the first woman in the United States to be elected chief justice of a state supreme court, Susie Marshall Sharp (1907-1996) broke new ground for women in the legal profession. When she retired in 1979, she left a legacy burnished by her tireless pursuit of lucidity in the law, honesty in judges, and humane conditions in prisons.Anna Hayes presents Sharp's career as an attorney, distinguished judge, and politician within the context of show more the social mores, the legal profession, and the political battles of her day, illuminated by a c show lessTags
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- 347.73 — Society, government, & culture Law U.S. Supreme Court - Judicial Decisions North America Civil procedure and courts of the United States
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