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Author Cairns, Kathleen A., 1946- author.

Title The case of Rose Bird : gender, politics, and the California courts / Kathleen A. Cairns.

Publication Info. Lincoln, Nebraska : Bison Books, [2016]
©2016

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Description 1 online resource (x, 328 pages, 8 unnumbered pages) : illustrations
Physical Medium polychrome
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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"-- Provided by publisher.
"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"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. The First Woman; 2. A Woman in Charge; 3. The Most Innovative Judiciary; 4. Becoming Chief Justice; 5. Hail to the Chief; 6. Disorder in the Court; 7. The Politics of Death; 8. Big Business v. Rose Bird; 9. The People v. Rose Bird; 10. High Courts and Political Footballs; 11. Paying for Justice; Notes; Bibliography; Index.
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Subject Bird, Rose Elizabeth.
Bird, Rose Elizabeth.
California. Supreme Court.
California. Supreme Court.
Judges -- California -- Biography.
Judges.
California.
Genre/Form Biographies.
Subject Political questions and judicial power -- California.
Political questions and judicial power.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Biographies.
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