The Ninth Judicial Circuit
Historical Society (NJCHS)
preserves and educates about the vibrant legal history of the West,
and about the vital importance of an independent judiciary.
This Month
at the NJCHS
The Circuit Spotlight
Western Legal History
In the early morning hours of July 12, 1917, more than a thousand mine workers and their sympathizers were rounded up at gunpoint by a citizen posse in Bisbee, AZ, and ultimately marched several miles to waiting railroad cattle cars, which carried them into the New Mexico desert, where they were abandoned. This 100-year-old event, referred to as the Bisbee Deportation of 1917, and seminal to the history of Arizona, is the subject of this issue.
Our Latest Exhibit
100 years ago the 19th Amendment was adopted, granting women the right to vote. But did you know that women throughout the 9th Circuit already had the vote? This gorgeous Exhibit highlights key points of the long road to Women’s Suffrage in the West.
100 years ago the 19th Amendment was adopted, granting women the right to vote. But did you know that women throughout the 9th Circuit already had the vote? This gorgeous Exhibit highlights key points of the long road to Women’s Suffrage in the West.
100 years ago the 19th Amendment was adopted, granting women the right to vote. But did you know that women throughout the 9th Circuit already had the vote? This gorgeous Exhibit highlights key points of the long road to Women’s Suffrage in the West.
Oral History Spotlight
Judge Mary M. Schroeder has had a groundbreaking career. She was the first female Chief Judge of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. Before that, Judge Schroeder sat on the Arizona Court of Appeals. In private practice at Lewis and Roca in 1973, she was the first woman to achieve partnership in a large firm in Arizona. In a July 2013 oral history interview, Judge Schroeder reflects on navigating a career in the law as a woman and a mother, her opinion in the Hirabayashi case, and significant issues she faced during her term as Chief Judge.