The first fifteen : how Asian American women became federal judges

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The first fifteen : how Asian American women became federal judges

Title remainder

how Asian American women became federal judges

Statement of responsibility

Susan Oki Mollway

Creator

• Mollway, Susan Oki, 1950-

Subject

• Asian American women -- United States -- Biography
• Women judges -- United States -- Biography

Genre

• Biography

Language

eng

Summary

"When Susan Oki Mollway became a federal judge in the United States District Court for the District of Hawaii in 1998, she was surprised that she was the first Asian American woman to be appointed on the federal bench in the United States. She would remain an exclusive member of Asian American women who are federal judges until a decade later when Kiyo A. Matsumoto was appointed to the federal bench for the Eastern District of New York. Since then, membership of this small group began to grow in number and in diversity. The First Fifteen recounts the experiences of how the first fifteen Asian American women became federal judges, such as Jacqueline Nguyen who fled Vietnam as a child and Pamela Chen, an openly gay Asian woman, and how they succeeded. The women were interviewed by Mollway herself and the book was written by her as well which offers a unique perspective into these women's lives. Mollway discusses their upbringing, their backgrounds, and their attitudes which contributed to their successful navigation through the appointment process"--

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Provided by publisher

Biography type

collective biography

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DLC

Index

index present

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

• dictionaries
• bibliography