Wednesday, January 10, 2007

Judge Jane Bolin, R.I.P.

Jane Bolin, the first black woman to serve as a judge in the United States, has died at the age of 98. She was appointed to the family court in 1939 by New York City Mayor LaGuardia.

Her life story resembles a novel.

[HT:
The Wall Street Journal Law Blog ]


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