Daughter of the Empire State the life of Judge Jane Bolin - McLeod, Jacqueline (University of Illinois Press, 2011)
Includes bibliographical references and index
Her standing in Poughkeepsie : family lineage and legacy -- On her own : the years at Wellesley and Yale -- Politics of preparation : the making of the nation's first African American woman judge -- Politics of practice : the making of the nation's first African American woman judge -- Speaking truth to power : a view from the bench of Judge Jane Bolin -- Persona non grata : Jane Bolin and the NAACP, 1936-1950