Publisher's Synopsis
Ketanji Brown Jackson is a former federal judge and public defender who has been nominated for a position as an associate justice on the Supreme Court by President Joe Biden. She is the nation's first black woman Supreme Court justice. She made history by becoming the first African American woman to be nominated for a position on the Supreme Court and then be confirmed for that position.
The Extraordinary Life of Ketanji Brown Jackson: as a mother, wife, and judge is a book that talks about the life of Ketanji Brown Jackson, her early life and education, how she met her husband in college, Jackson's intellectual prowess, her family history, and relatives. Chapter two talks about her career from her internship to when she got nominated to the supreme court.
Chapter three talk about her supportive husband, how he cheers her up, and push her to become the woman she is, and finally chapter four talks about the challenges she faces on her way to becoming the first black woman Supreme Court Justice, and how she is able to balance to her work of being a judge, a mom, and a wife.