New York State Joint Legislative Committee to. Investigate Jurisdiction of the Children's Courts, Known as Children's Court Jurisdiction and Juvenile Delinquency Committee, Report.

1940 ◽  
Vol 14 (4) ◽  
pp. 788-789
2009 ◽  
Vol 49 (1) ◽  
pp. 68-88 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jennifer de Forest

Judge Justine Wise PolierIn 1935 Justine Wise Polier (1903–87), an intense young labor lawyer serving on New York City's Committee on Unemployment Relief, was pressuring Mayor Fiorello La Guardia to expand the city's welfare benefits. Thinking he would mollify her, La Guardia promoted Polier to the bench of the city's children's court, making her the first woman to rise above the position of magistrate in New York State.


Author(s):  
Marvin S. Swartz ◽  
Jeffrey W. Swanson ◽  
Henry J. Steadman ◽  
Pamela Clark Robbins ◽  
John Monahan

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