Rose Bird | |
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 Bird in 1977 | |
| 25th Chief Justice of California | |
| In office March 26, 1977 – January 5, 1987 | |
| Appointed by | Jerry Brown |
| Preceded by | Donald R. Wright |
| Succeeded by | Malcolm M. Lucas |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Rose Elizabeth Bird November 2, 1936 near Tucson, Arizona |
| Died | December 4, 1999 (aged 63) Stanford, California |
| Alma mater | Long Island University (BA) University of California, Berkeley (JD) |
Rose Elizabeth Bird (November 2, 1936 – December 4, 1999) was the 25th Chief Justice of the California Supreme Court. She was the first female law clerk of the Nevada Supreme Court, the first female deputy public defender in Santa Clara County, the first woman to serve in the California State Cabinet, and the first female Chief Justice of California.
She was also notable as the first, and to date only, Chief Justice in California history to lose a retention election.