| Description |
1 online resource (165 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations |
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Gender group: gdr Women |
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Nationality/regional group: nat Georgians (State of Georgia) |
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Nationality/regional group: nat Americans |
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Occupational/field of activity group: occ University and college faculty members |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Note |
"A Sarah Mills Hodge Fund Publication." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 133-158) and index. |
| Summary |
"This is the first full biography of Justice Leah Ward Sears. In 1992 Sears became the first woman and youngest justice to sit on the Supreme Court of Georgia. In 2005 she became the first African American woman to serve as chief justice of any state supreme court in the country. This book explores her childhood in a career military family; her education; her early work as an attorney; her rise through Georgia's city, county, and state court systems; and her various pursuits after leaving the supreme court in 2009, when she transitioned into a life that was no less active or public. As the biography recounts Sears's life and career, it is filled with instances of how Sears made her own luck by demonstrating a sharpness of mind and sagacious insight, a capacity for grueling hard work, and a relentless drive to succeed. Sears also maintained a strict devotion to judicial independence and the rule of law, which led to decisions that would surprise conservatives and liberals alike, earned the friendship of figures as diverse as Ambassador Andrew Young and Justice Clarence Thomas, and solidified a reputation that would land her on the short list of replacements for two retiring U.S. Supreme Court justices." -- -- Publisher's website. |
| Contents |
Introduction -- Climb every mountain -- An intellectual feast -- Love, life, and death -- The year of the woman -- Not yet a pretty world -- A splendid touch -- Epilogue. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Sears, Leah Ward, 1955-
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Sears, Leah Ward, 1955- |
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African American women judges -- Georgia -- Biography.
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African American women judges. |
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Georgia. |
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Biographies.
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African American women lawyers -- Georgia -- Biography.
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African American women lawyers. |
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Women judges -- Georgia -- Biography.
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Women judges. |
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Judges -- Georgia -- Biography.
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Judges. |
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Biographies.
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Electronic books.
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| Added Title |
Seizing serendipity |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Davis, Rebecca Shriver. Justice Leah Ward Sears. Athens : The University of Georgia Press, [2017] 9780820351650 (DLC) 2017009397 (OCoLC)975998329 |
| ISBN |
9780820351643 (electronic book) |
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0820351644 (electronic book) |
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9780820351650 |
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0820351652 |
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