Oral history interview with Edith Miller, 1977

Biographical Note

Judge

Scope and Contents

Childhood, early education in New York, N.Y.; Hunter College, 1946, St. John's Law School, 1954; political involvement, Riverside Democrats; social work experience; Family Court Judge, 1971- : Domestic Relations Court, sitting judge, juvenile criminals, lack of judicial manpower, child abuse, social services in Family Court, crime against the elderly; media influence on juveniles; reflections on being a Black woman and a judge; judicial appointment by Mayor Lindsay

Subjects

• African American judges--Interviews.
• Domestic relations courts.
• Interviews.
• Judges--Interviews.
• Juvenile courts.
• Miller, Edith, 1930---Interviews.
• New York (N.Y.)--Politics and government--1951-
• Oral histories.
• Oxenfeldt, Alice, interviewer.
• Poor--New York (State)--New York.
• Women judges--Interviews.