Californians to Defeat Rose Bird, 1985-1986

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Summary

Title:
Californians to Defeat Rose Bird,
Dates:
1985-1986
Creators:
Byers, Janet
Language:
English.
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Californians to Defeat Rose Bird, California State Library.

Background

Scope and content:

Clippings, press releases, notes, flyers, photographs, reports, audio and video tapes regarding the campaign to remove Chief Justice Rose Bird from the California Supreme Court.

Biographical / historical:

Rose Elizabeth Bird was the first woman ever to serve on the California Supreme Court. She came to California from New York in 1959. In 1965, she received her J.D. degree from the University of Calfiornia, Berkeley. After graduation, she was the first woman ever to clerk for the Chief Justice of the Nevada Supreme Court.

In 1966, she became the first woman hired as a deputy public defender in Santa Clara County. From 1972 to 1974 she taught at Stanford Law School, where she conducted clinical courses in criminal and consumer law. In January 1975, Governor Edmund G. Brown, Jr. appointed her to be the first woman to serve as Cabinet Secretary. She served as Secretary of the Agriculture and Services Agency until her appointment as Chief Justice of the California Supreme Court, March 16, 1977.

In 1985 Californians to Defeat Rose Bird and other citizens' groups began a campaign to remove Rose Bird from the Supreme Court. She lost her seat in an election held in 1986.

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:
Processed by The California State Library staff; machine-readable finding aid created by Xiuzhi Zhou
Date Prepared:
© 1998
Date Encoded:
Machine-readable finding aid derived from Wordperfect.

Access and use

Restrictions:

Unrestricted.

Terms of access:

Please credit California State Library.

Copyright has not been assigned to California State Library. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing. Permission for publication is given on behalf of California State Library as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the reader.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Californians to Defeat Rose Bird, California State Library.

Location of this collection:
900 N Street, Room 200, P.O. Box 942837
Sacramento, CA 94237-0001, US
Contact:
(916) 654-0176
cslcal@library.ca.gov
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