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Sonia Sotomayor : a biography / Meg Greene.
Van Pelt Library KF8745.S67 G74 2012
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Greene, Meg.
- Series:
- Greenwood biographies
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Sotomayor, Sonia, 1954-.
- Sotomayor, Sonia.
- Judges--United States--Biography.
- Judges.
- Hispanic American judges.
- United States.
- Hispanic American judges--Biography.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 194 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Santa Barbara, Calif. : Greenwood, [2012]
- Summary:
- This insightful biography introduce readers to Justice Sonia Sotomayor, a remarkable woman who credits her single-minded pursuit of educational excellence for her rise from poverty in a Bronx housing project to a seat on the U.S. Supreme Court.
- Contents:
- Chapter 1 Living the Dream 1
- Chapter 2 Daughter of the Bronx 15
- Chapter 3 Princeton Days 35
- Chapter 4 Yale Law School 47
- Chapter 5 New York DA 63
- Chapter 6 Private Practice 81
- Chapter 7 "You're Out!" 99
- Chapter 8 "An Outstanding Hispanic Woman Judge" 117
- Chapter 9 A Historic Choice 139
- Chapter 10 Justice Sotomayor 157.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [175]-185) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780313398414
- 0313398410
- 9780313398421
- 0313398429
- OCLC:
- 729344516
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