20 Facts About Shirley Hufstedler

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Shirley Ann Mount Hufstedler was an American attorney and judge who served as the first United States secretary of education from 1979 to 1981.

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Shirley Hufstedler previously served as a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit from 1968 to 1979.

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Shirley Hufstedler received a Bachelor of Business Administration degree in 1945 from the University of New Mexico and a Bachelor of Laws in 1949 from Stanford Law School.

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Shirley Hufstedler's graduating class from law school included only two women, as three of them dropped out, and although she graduated at the top of her class, she was still a woman in a male dominated profession and she struggled to find employment opportunities.

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Shirley Hufstedler started writing briefs for other lawyers and picked up other similar tasks.

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Shirley Hufstedler served as Special Legal Consultant to the Attorney General of California in the complex Colorado River litigation before the United States Supreme Court from 1960 to 1961.

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Shirley Hufstedler was confirmed by the United States Senate on September 12,1968, and received her commission on September 12,1968.

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Shirley Hufstedler's service terminated on December 5,1979, due to her resignation.

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Shirley Hufstedler was not a member of this panel, but she called for the case to be reheard by the entire Ninth Circuit Court, en banc.

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Subsequently, the United States Supreme Court agreed with Shirley Hufstedler and overturned the Ninth Circuit's decision.

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Shirley Hufstedler affirmed the lower court's decision that such actions were an invasion of privacy.

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Shirley Hufstedler joined the Carter administration when appointed to be the first United States Secretary of Education in 1979.

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Shirley Hufstedler was considered to be a candidate for the Supreme Court if a vacancy had occurred under the Jimmy Carter presidency.

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In 1981, Shirley Hufstedler returned to private life, teaching and practicing law.

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Shirley Hufstedler taught across the country, including stints at the University of California at Irvine and Santa Cruz, the University of Iowa, the University of Vermont, Stanford Law School, and the University of Oregon.

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Shirley Hufstedler met her husband, Seth Shirley Hufstedler, at law school and they married in 1949.

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On March 30,2016, Shirley Hufstedler died in Glendale, California, from cerebrovascular disease at the age of 90.

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Shirley Hufstedler is interred in the Forest Lawn Memorial Park.

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Shirley Hufstedler served on boards of trustees, governing boards and visiting committees for numerous foundations, institutions, corporations and universities as follows:.

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Shirley Hufstedler was the recipient of almost 20 honorary doctoral degrees from American universities.