- Title Pages
- Frontispiece
- Dedication
- Epigraph
- Illustrations
- Preface
- Introduction
-
Part I Beginnings -
Chapter 1 Family -
Chapter 2 Formative Years -
Part II Pursuit of the Law -
Chapter 3 University of North Carolina School of Law -
Chapter 4 False Start -
Chapter 5 Sharp & Sharp -
Chapter 6 Politics and Public Life -
Part III Superior Court (1949–1962) -
Chapter 7 Appointment to Superior Court -
Chapter 8 Judge Sharp, Presiding -
Chapter 9 Ambition -
Chapter 10 Theory and Practice -
Chapter 11 The Road to He Supreme Court -
Part IV North Carolina Supreme Court (1962–1979) -
Chapter 12 Taking the Veil -
Chapter 13 Opinions -
Chapter 14 Federal Job Proposals -
Chapter 15 Out of Court -
Chapter 16 Chief Justice Election -
Chapter 17 Chief Justice -
Chapter 18 Equal Rights Amendment -
Chapter 19 Stepping off the Stage - Epilogue
- A Note on Sources
- Selected Bibliography
- Acknowledgments
- Index
Taking the Veil
Taking the Veil
- Chapter:
- (p.249) Chapter 12 Taking the Veil
- Source:
- Without Precedent
- Author(s):
Anna R. Hayes
- Publisher:
- University of North Carolina Press
This chapter focuses on the morning after Susie Sharp was sworn in, during which she reported for her first day at work as an associate justice. Susie's attention was diverted, however, by a furor in the press over issues related to her appointment. Most distressing for Justice Sharp was an article on the front page of the News and Observer in which the lead paragraph read, “Judge Susie Sharp, the first woman ever to become a justice of the State Supreme Court, believes that the average woman's place is in the home.” The story was picked up by newspapers all over the country and as far away as Puerto Rico and Germany. Many people sent her copies of a version that appeared as a “Special” to the New York Times. Written by reporter Roy Parker, Jr., the News and Observer article gave the impression that the quote was from an interview he conducted with the newly appointed justice.
Keywords: Susie Sharp, associate justice, News and Observer, State Supreme Court, average woman, New York Times, Roy Parker
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- Title Pages
- Frontispiece
- Dedication
- Epigraph
- Illustrations
- Preface
- Introduction
-
Part I Beginnings -
Chapter 1 Family -
Chapter 2 Formative Years -
Part II Pursuit of the Law -
Chapter 3 University of North Carolina School of Law -
Chapter 4 False Start -
Chapter 5 Sharp & Sharp -
Chapter 6 Politics and Public Life -
Part III Superior Court (1949–1962) -
Chapter 7 Appointment to Superior Court -
Chapter 8 Judge Sharp, Presiding -
Chapter 9 Ambition -
Chapter 10 Theory and Practice -
Chapter 11 The Road to He Supreme Court -
Part IV North Carolina Supreme Court (1962–1979) -
Chapter 12 Taking the Veil -
Chapter 13 Opinions -
Chapter 14 Federal Job Proposals -
Chapter 15 Out of Court -
Chapter 16 Chief Justice Election -
Chapter 17 Chief Justice -
Chapter 18 Equal Rights Amendment -
Chapter 19 Stepping off the Stage - Epilogue
- A Note on Sources
- Selected Bibliography
- Acknowledgments
- Index
