Madam Chief Justice :

Madam Chief Justice : Jean Hoefer Toal of South Carolina / edited by W. Lewis Burke Jr., Joan P. Assey ; foreword by Sandra Day O'Connor ; introduction by Ruth Bader Ginsburg. - 1 online resource (242 pages)

Includes index.

Foreword -- Introduction -- "It's a girl" -- You don't start out as chief justice -- Into the twentieth century as a lawyer legislator -- A new associate justice -- An unrelenting judicial warrior in south carolina's video poker wars -- Toal on torts (1987-2014) -- Abbeville county school district v. state : changing south carolinar -- Bringing the courts into the twenty-first century -- Family, friends, and community -- The sisterhood of the ladder : the impact of chief justice toal on the rise in participation of women in the legal profession in south carolina -- Personal reflections collected by amelia waring walker -- The lady's a leader -- The hoefer girls -- Observations of chief justice jean hoefer toal -- From my vantage point -- Destined for the records book -- My first glimpse -- An amazing lady -- Reflections of a law clerk -- National leader -- Heeding the call -- Quintessential south carolinian.

9781611176933 (e-book)


Toal, Jean Hoefer, 1943-


Women judges--South Carolina--Biography.


Electronic books.

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