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.
Publisher: Columbia, South Carolina : The University of South Carolina Press, 2016Copyright date: copy©2016Description: 1 online resource (242 pages)Content type:- text
- computer
- online resource
- 9781611176926
- 9781611176933 (e-book)
- 347.757/034 23
- KF373.T6 .M333eb
eBooks
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.
Description based on print version record.
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2016. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.