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Bird, Rose Elizabeth(Rose)

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Born: 1936 AD
Died: 1999 AD, at 62 years of age.

Nationality: American
Categories: Jurist, Lawyers

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1936 - Rose Elizabeth Bird was born on the 2nd of November.

1958 - She received her undergraduate degree from Long Island University.

1965 - She finished her law degree from Boalt Hall.

1975-1977 - She served as California Secretary of Agriculture. (1st female state-level cabinet member in California)

1977-1984 - She became the 25th Chief Justice of the California Supreme Court. (1st female justice)

1987 - She appeared as a judge on a television program called Superior Court.

1999 - Bird died on the 4th of December because of breast cancer at the age of 63.






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