Judge Sarah T. Hughes is perhaps best remembered as the woman who swore in Lyndon Johnson as president aboard Air Force One on November 22, 1963, after President John Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas. But long before then, she had been making headlines as the foremost woman Democrat in Texas. In 1935, over the protests of a local senator who said she should be home washing dishes, Sarah T. Hughes was appointed the first woman district judge in Texas. She was nominated for vice president of the United States at the 1952 ...
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Judge Sarah T. Hughes is perhaps best remembered as the woman who swore in Lyndon Johnson as president aboard Air Force One on November 22, 1963, after President John Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas. But long before then, she had been making headlines as the foremost woman Democrat in Texas. In 1935, over the protests of a local senator who said she should be home washing dishes, Sarah T. Hughes was appointed the first woman district judge in Texas. She was nominated for vice president of the United States at the 1952 Democratic National Convention, and in 1961 she was nominated by President John F. Kennedy as a federal district judge. A feminist who devoted her life to liberal causes, she presided over the three-judge panel and wrote the opinion that overturned Texas's abortion laws in 1970 in Roe v. Wade, a decision upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court, a decision that has rocked American society and politics to this day.
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Used; Good. Texas A&M University Press. Used; Good. Texas and AM Univ Pr 2004 Hardcover. There is underlining on several pages, but does not obscure text. Jacket is in excellent condition and is protected with a mylar cover. Book Condition; Good Jacket Condition; Very Good. 2004. HARDCOVER.
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Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 0870744879. Signed and inscribed by author on half title page. First edition, first printing. Hard cover published by SMU Press in 2004. Light blue covers with gilt lettering on spine. Book and dust jacket are in very good condition. Large 8vo, 467 pages, 1.9 lb.; Large 8vo 9"-10" tall; 467 pages; Signed by Author.