Sandra Day O'Connor : how the first woman on the Supreme Court became its most influential justice / Joan Biskupic.

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New York : HarperCollins, c2005.

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25749

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Author:

Biskupic, Joan.

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Subject:

O'Connor, Sandra Day, -- 1930-.

Judges -- United States -- Biography.

United States -- Supreme Court.

Contents:

Prologue

1. Pioneer roots

2. "The rules of the game"

3. A Supreme Court opening

4. "Never one of the boys"

5. Reagan's choice

6. The marble palace

7. The gender trap

8. Ascending the Bench

9. "The transitory nature of life''

10. Still in the game

11. Shifting ground on abortion

12. End of an era

13. Finding new bearings

14. Abortion battles continue

15. Scalia v. O'Connor

16. Open files

17. Appearances count

18. Moving forward

Epilogue

Acknowledgments

Author's note and information on sources --Notes.

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Includes selected bibliography and index.

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ISBN:

0060590181

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Phys. description:

x, 419 p. : ill.