Table of Contents
List of Tables and Figures ix
Foreword to the Paperback Edition xi
Preface to the Paperback Edition xv
Preface to the First Edition xxxi
Introduction 1
Part I The Shortlisted Sisters: An Untold "Her" Story of the Supreme Court 7
1 The First Shortlisted Woman 16
2 The Shortlists before the First Nominee 38
3 From Shortlisted to Selected 73
4 The Shortlists following O'Connor: A Long Way from Nine 101
Part II Their Stories are Our Stories: Transcending Shortlists 127
5 After Shortlisted, Tokenism 129
6 Challenging Double Binds and Unifying Double Lives 142
7 No Longer Zero 167
8 Surmounting the Shortlist 184
Conclusion 209
Acknowledgments 213
Appendix 1 Our Methodology for Determining Supreme Court Shortlists 219
Appendix 2 A Note, on Historical Research 223
Notes 227
Select Bibliography 263
Index 275
About the Authors 287