Just Call Me Janie: The Unlikely Story of the First Woman Elected to Alabama's Supreme COurt
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| Rating | : | 4.25 (869 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1945190019 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 280 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-10-01 |
| Language | : | English |
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My Conversation with the First Woman Justice on the Alabama Supreme Court Rhonda Chambers This book allowed me to feel as though I was sitting down and having a conversation with the first woman justice on the Alabama Supreme Court. The narrator asked Justice Shores the follow up questions that I would have asked her had I been present. It was fascinating to have conversations with her about the glass ceiling that she broke for women in the legal profession. I could never just call her Janie. She will always be Justice Shores to me.
Her autobiography, Just Call Me Janie, is a May 1 release of Intellect Publishing, LLC. Janie tells tales of her varied experiences with perception and wit, allowing the reader to gain insight into the usually private workings of the higher echelons of the American judicial system and perspective into the importance of the decisions that are made there that affect all of our lives.. Her colleagues included famous figures both liberal and conservative: Morris Dees. Howell Heflin, George and Lurleen Wallace, Millard Fuller, and many more colorful and unforgettable characters. Leaving Selma and her husband to escape being forced into the racist White Citizens Council by her in-laws, Janie moved to Birmingham and fought for equality and justice alongside other liberal lawyers, including her next husband Jim Shores. They all started out without means and unknown, and grew along with her to become icons of the American judicial and social history. Born Janie Ledlow in rural Alabama in the 1930s to parents of limited means, Janie grew up picking potatoes in hot dusty fields and being instilled with a long list of the many things "gi
. Janie Shores, the first woman elected to Alabama’s Supreme Court, may be one of the most important people you’ve never heard of, because many of the cases she worked on in the social upheaval of the 1960s and 70s shaped the key debates of today’s divisive politics
. About the Author Janie Shores, the first woman elected to Alabama’s Supreme Court, may be one of the most important people you’ve never heard of, because many of the cases she worked on in the social upheaval of the 1960s and 70s shaped the key debates of today’s divisive politics