Audiobook8 hours
Shortlisted: Women in the Shadows of the Supreme Court
Written by Renee Knake Jefferson and Hannah Brenner Johnson
Narrated by Kitty Hendrix
Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
5/5
()
About this audiobook
The inspiring and previously untold history of the women considered-but not selected-for the US Supreme Court
In 1981, after almost two centuries of exclusively male appointments, Sandra Day O'Connor became the first female Supreme Court Justice of the United States, a significant historical moment and a symbolic triumph for supporters of women's rights. Most do not know, however, about the remarkable women shortlisted for the Supreme Court in the decades before O'Connor's success.
Since the 1930s, nine women were formally considered for a seat on the Supreme Court, but were ultimately passed over. Shortlisted gives them the recognition they deserve. Award-winning scholars Renee Knake Jefferson and Hannah Brenner Johnson rely on previously unpublished materials to illustrate the professional and personal lives of these accomplished women. From Florence Allen, the first woman judge in Ohio, and the first to appear on a president's list for the Court, to Cornelia Kennedy, the first woman to serve as chief judge of a US district court, shortlisted by Ford and Reagan, Shortlisted shares the often overlooked stories of those who paved the way for women's representation throughout the legal profession and beyond.
In 1981, after almost two centuries of exclusively male appointments, Sandra Day O'Connor became the first female Supreme Court Justice of the United States, a significant historical moment and a symbolic triumph for supporters of women's rights. Most do not know, however, about the remarkable women shortlisted for the Supreme Court in the decades before O'Connor's success.
Since the 1930s, nine women were formally considered for a seat on the Supreme Court, but were ultimately passed over. Shortlisted gives them the recognition they deserve. Award-winning scholars Renee Knake Jefferson and Hannah Brenner Johnson rely on previously unpublished materials to illustrate the professional and personal lives of these accomplished women. From Florence Allen, the first woman judge in Ohio, and the first to appear on a president's list for the Court, to Cornelia Kennedy, the first woman to serve as chief judge of a US district court, shortlisted by Ford and Reagan, Shortlisted shares the often overlooked stories of those who paved the way for women's representation throughout the legal profession and beyond.
Related to Shortlisted
Related audiobooks
Because of Sex: One Law, Ten Cases, and Fifty Years That Changed American Women's Lives at Work Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Free Justice: A History of the Public Defender in Twentieth-Century America Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsBeyond Innocence: The Life Sentence of Darryl Hunt Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe RBG Way: The Secrets of Ruth Bader Ginsburg's Success Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsProsecuting the President: How Special Prosecutors Hold Presidents Accountable and Protect the Rule of Law Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5How Rights Went Wrong: Why Our Obsession with Rights Is Tearing America Apart Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Darkened Light of Faith: Race, Democracy, and Freedom in African American Political Thought Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Fight to Vote Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Revolutionary Backlash: Women and Politics in the Early American Republic Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsAlabama v. King: Martin Luther King Jr. and the Criminal Trial That Launched the Civil Rights Movement Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Politics Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Democracy Lives in Darkness: How and Why People Keep Their Politics a Secret Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsAbortion and the Law in America: Roe v. Wade to the Present Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Nobody's Child: A Tragedy, a Trial, and a History of the Insanity Defense Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsSaving the News: Why the Constitution Calls for Government Action to Preserve Freedom of Speech Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsJustice Deferred: Race and the Supreme Court Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsWhen Should Law Forgive? Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsBeautiful Souls: Saying No, Breaking Ranks, and Heeding the Voice of Conscience in Dark Times Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Somebody's Gotta Do It: Why Cursing at the News Won't Save the Nation, but Your Name on a Local Ballot Can Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5100,000 First Bosses: My Unlikely Path as a 22-Year-Old Lawmaker Rating: 1 out of 5 stars1/5The ELECTORAL COLLEGE: A Biography of America's Peculiar Creation Through the Eyes of the People Who Shaped It Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsForever Prisoners: How the United States Made the World's Largest Immigrant Detention System Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsKangaroo Court Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsSisters and Rebels: A Struggle for the Soul of America Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsDollars for Life: The Anti-Abortion Movement and the Fall of the Republican Establishment Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsAmerica's Jewish Women: A History from Colonial Times to Today Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsWatchdog: How Protecting Consumers Can Save Our Families, Our Economy, and Our Democracy Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsPresumed Guilty: How the Supreme Court Empowered the Police and Subverted Civil Rights Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5
Law For You
The Invention of Murder: How the Victorians Revelled in Death and Detection and Created Modern Crime Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Color of Money: Black Banks and the Racial Wealth Gap Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5We Were Once a Family: A Story of Love, Death, and Child Removal in America Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Sweet Taste of Liberty: A True Story of Slavery and Restitution in America Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Six Women of Salem: The Untold Story of the Accused and Their Accusers in the Salem Witch Trials Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Whoever Fights Monsters: My Twenty Years Tracking Serial Killers for the FBI Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Covered with Night: A Story of Murder and Indigenous Justice in Early America Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Buy It, Rent It, Profit!: Make Money as a Landlord in ANY Real Estate Market Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5On Account of Race: The Supreme Court, White Supremacy, and the Ravaging of African American Voting Rights Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The End of Policing Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Win Your Case: How to Present, Persuade, and Prevail--Every Place, Every Time Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Hitler's American Model: The United States and the Making of Nazi Race Law Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Law School Confidential: A Complete Guide to the Law School Experience: By Students, for Students Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Dark Net: Inside the Digital Underworld Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Law Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Forensics: What Bugs, Burns, Prints, DNA, and More Tell Us about Crime Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Law of Law School: The Essential Guide for First-Year Law Students Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Jews Don’t Count Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Law of the Land: The Evolution of Our Legal System Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5By Hands Now Known: Jim Crow's Legal Executioners Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5When Harry Became Sally: Responding to the Transgender Moment Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Family Trusts: A Guide for Beneficiaries, Trustees, Trust Protectors, and Trust Creators Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Sewing Girl's Tale: A Story of Crime and Consequences in Revolutionary America Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Point Made: How to Write Like the Nation's Top Advocates, Second Edition Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Arrest-Proof Yourself: Second Edition Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Limited Liability Companies For Dummies: 3rd Edition Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5
Related categories
Reviews for Shortlisted
Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
5/5
1 rating0 reviews