The First Woman Judge
The Life and Legacy of Florence Allen
$91.42
- Hardcover
312 pages
- Release Date
23 October 2026
Summary
The story of Florence Allen, the first woman judge in the United States, and women’s transformation of the legal system.
Florence Allen was the first woman judge many times over-first federal appellate court judge, first elected to a state supreme court, and first shortlisted to the US Supreme Court. During Allen’s forty years on the bench, the country swung between progressivism and conservatism, with passage of a constitutional amendment for women’s voting rights, t…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780520399600 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0520399609 |
| Author: | Tracy Thomas |
| Publisher: | University of California Press |
| Imprint: | University of California Press |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 312 |
| Release Date: | 23 October 2026 |
| Dimensions: | 152mm x 229mm |
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Critics Review
“The First Woman Judge … is an enlightening biography… .Thomas reviews many of Allen’s significant decisions, not without controversy… .Allen is represented as a pacifist, a progressive, a suffragist and a prohibitionist who sustained ‘misogyny and microaggressions’ to become a respected jurist.”
* Akron Beacon Journal *Tracy Thomas
Tracy Thomas is Seiberling Chair of Constitutional Law and Director of the Center for Constitutional Law at the University of Akron School of Law.
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