{"product_id":"2940014024990","title":"Lady Law \"The Story of Arizona Supreme Court Justice Lorna Lockwood\"","description":"“No woman is capable of being a judge,” the Governor of Arizona told a group of women in the mid-1940s when they asked him to appoint Lorna Lockwood to a vacancy on the Superior Court. Rather than argue with the governor, Lorna, who had faced that kind of prejudice all of her life, ran for the court in the next election and won. Ten years later, in 1960, she ran for a position on the State Supreme Court and won again. And in 1965 she became the first woman chief justice on any state supreme court in America. Although Lorna maintained with lady-like demeanor throughout her career that “most men make no distinction between professional men and women,” she admitted upon her retirement that “I had to work twice as hard to be considered for those posts because I was a woman.”\u003cbr\u003eLorna was born in 1903 on the southern border of the Arizona Territory in the mining town of Douglas when it was under the protection of the Arizona Rangers: shoot-outs over gambling debts in saloons and dance halls were not uncommon; violence from the Mexican Revolution occasionally spilled across the border. In 1913, when Lorna’s father left his law practice in Douglas to become the Superior Court Judge, the family moved to the county seat of Tombstone. Lorna had always loved to visit her father’s law office; she loved even more visiting the Cochise County Courthouse to watch Judge Lockwood preside over trials. She thought the law was the most important work anyone could do.      \u003cbr\u003e At the age of ten Lorna decided to grow up to be a lawyer and judge like her father. It would not be easy. In spite of graduating with one of the highest grade point averages in her University of Arizona senior class, the dean told Lorna that “law school was no place for a woman.” Lorna was forced to present her case again and again before the dean would admit her into the college of law. In spite of graduating from the law school with one of the highest grade point averages and being admitted to the Arizona Bar, no law firm would hire her. She would not practice law for fourteen years. But Lorna Lockwood was persistent, and finally, against all odds she achieved her goals. Lady Law tells the story of how she did it.","brand":"Brighton Publishing LLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47079862763760,"sku":"2940014024990","price":5.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940014024990_p0.jpg?v=1763599265","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940014024990","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}