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Bibliography Information:
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Collection:
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Adult Nonfiction |
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Call Number:
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920 O'Connor |
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Author:
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Thomas, Evan |
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Title:
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First : |
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Remainder of title:
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Sandra Day O'Connor |
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Summary, etc. note:
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"Based on exclusive interviews and access to the Supreme Court archives, this is the intimate, inspiring, and authoritative biography of America's first female Justice, Sandra Day O'Connor--by New York Times bestselling author Evan Thomas. She was born in 1930 in El Paso and grew up on a cattle ranch in Arizona. At a time when women were expected to be homemakers, she set her sights on Stanford University. When she graduated near the top of her class at law school in 1952, no firm would even interview her. But Sandra Day O'Connor's story is that of a woman who repeatedly shattered glass ceilings--doing so with a blend of grace, wisdom, humor, understatement, and cowgirl toughness. She became the first-ever female majority leader of a state senate. As a judge on the Arizona State Court of Appeals, she stood up to corrupt lawyers and humanized the law. When she arrived at the Supreme Court, appointed by Reagan in 1981, she began a quarter-century tenure on the court, hearing cases that ultimately shaped American law. Diagnosed with cancer at fifty-eight, and caring for a husband with Alzheimer's, O'Connor endured every difficulty with grit and poise. Women and men today will be inspired by how to be first in your own life, how to know when to fight and when to walk away, through O'Connor's example. This is a remarkably vivid and personal portrait of a woman who loved her family and believed in serving her country, who, when she became the most powerful woman in America, built a bridge forward for the women who followed her"-- |
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International Standard Book Number:
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9780399589287 (hardback : alk. paper) |
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Canceled/invalid ISBN:
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9780399589294 (ebook) |
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Description conventions:
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rda |
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Authentication code:
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pcc |
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Geographic area code:
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n-us--- |
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Classification number:
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KF8745.O25 |
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Item number:
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T48 2019 |
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Edition number:
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23 |
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Classification number:
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347.73/2634 |
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Classification number:
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B |
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Source of number:
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bisacsh |
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Classification number:
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BIO022000 |
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Classification number:
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LAW060000 |
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Classification number:
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HIS036060 |
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Dates associated with a name:
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1951-, |
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Relator term:
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author. |
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Statement of responsibility, etc.:
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Evan Thomas. |
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Place of publication:
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New York ,NY |
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Name of publisher:
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Random House |
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Date of publication:
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2019 |
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New York : |
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Random House, |
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[2019] |
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Extent:
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xvi, 476 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : |
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Other physical details:
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illustrations (some color) ; |
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Dimensions:
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25 cm |
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text |
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txt |
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unmediated |
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rdacarrier |
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volume |
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nc |
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Bibliography, etc. note:
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 445-447) and index. |
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Formatted contents note:
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Lazy B -- Stanford -- The golden couple -- Majority leader -- Arizona judge -- The President call -- Inside the marble palace -- Scrutiny -- FWOTSC -- Cancer -- A woman's role -- Civic religion -- Bush v. Gore -- Affirmative action -- End game -- Labor of love. |
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Summary, etc. note:
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"She was born in 1930 in El Paso and grew up on a cattle ranch in Arizona. At a time when women were expected to be homemakers, she set her sights on Stanford University. When she graduated near the top of her class at law school in 1952, no firm would even interview her. But Sandra Day O'Connor's story is that of a woman who repeatedly shattered glass ceilings--doing so with a blend of grace, wisdom, humor, understatement, and cowgirl toughness. She became the first-ever female majority leader of a state senate. As a judge on the Arizona State Court of Appeals, she stood up to corrupt lawyers and humanized the law. When she arrived at the Supreme Court, appointed by Reagan in 1981, she began a quarter-century tenure on the court, hearing cases that ultimately shaped American law. Diagnosed with cancer at fifty-eight, and caring for a husband with Alzheimer's, O'Connor endured every difficulty with grit and poise. Women and men today will be inspired by how to be first in your own life, how to know when to fight and when to walk away, through O'Connor's example. This is a remarkably vivid and personal portrait of a woman who loved her family and believed in serving her country, who, when she became the most powerful woman in America, built a bridge forward for the women who followed her"-- |
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Provided by publisher. |
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Provided by publisher. |
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Source of acquisition:
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B & T |
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Purchase price:
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32.00 |
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Personal name:
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O'Connor, Sandra Day, |
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Dates associated with a name:
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1930- |
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Corporate name or jurisdiction name as entry element:
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United States. |
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Subordinate unit:
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Supreme Court |
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Form subdivision:
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Biography. |
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General subdivision:
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Officials and employees |
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Source of heading or term:
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bisacsh |
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Source of heading or term:
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bisacsh |
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Source of heading or term:
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bisacsh |
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Subject:
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Women judges |
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Subject:
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Women. |
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Subject:
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LAW / Legal History. |
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Subject:
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HISTORY / United States / 20th Century. |
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Form subdivision:
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Biography. |
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Geographic subdivision:
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United States |
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acquire |
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2 shelf copies |
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policy default |
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HAND CARRY X COPIES/CIP COPY/LP COPY/ANY COPIES NEEDED FOR CONGRESSIONAL LOAN; DO NOT DISCARD; PLS CONTACT/scar, x7717 2019-03-19 |
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xg06 2018-08-23 |
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xg06 2018-08-23 ONIX |
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xg06 2018-08-23 |
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xg06 2018-08-23 to Dewey |
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xg11 2019-03-21, copy 1 to LOAN |
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xm06 2018-08-23 |
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