African American women judges on courts of general and appellate jurisdictions: a descriptive analysis, 1995
Myers, Johnnie D.
1990-1999
This is a study on African American women judges who serve on the general and appellate courts. This study addresses four questions: who and where they serve?; what were the recruitment and selections processes that netted the majority of these judges?; what are their attitude and perceptions of gender related issues?; and what were the barriers of those seeking the judiciary? This descriptive analysis is presented as a case study. The analysis is based on data collected from the universe of African American women judges and a random sample of non-African American women judges on these court levels. African American women judges have served less than five years. They reached the bench through an informal selection process at a younger age than their judicial counterparts. They serve in large cities where they are usually the only African American woman on their court and/or court level. They are Democrats and prescribe towards a liberal ideology, yet they do not consider themselves feminists. The gender issue is important, but the race issue supersedes. The research found few differences between black and white women judges
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application/pdf
1995-07-01
dissertation
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
Clark Atlanta University
Department of Political Science
Boone, William H.
Georgia--Atlanta
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/cau.td:1995_myers_johnnie_d
