The Throwaway Children

[A heart breaking collection of cases from Children's Services for Philadelphia] Hardcover and dust jacket. Good binding and cover. Clean, unmarked pages. x, 342 pages 24 cm. Juvenile Delinquency. Judge Richette was one of the first women to graduate from Yale Law School, with honors. She taught law at Yale and later at Villanova, Temple and St. Joseph's Universities.In 1954, she returned to Philadelphia and became an assistant district attorney under District Attorney Richardson Dilworth. In 1971, Gov. Milton Shapp named her one of the first women to Common Pleas Court, where she earned a reputation as a vocal opponent of the death penalty and a dependable advocate for women, children and the homeless. If you have interest in this book, I urge you to listen to Richette's interview with Studs Terkel. "Lisa Richette discusses her book The Throwaway Children", available for free at the Studs Terkel Radio Archive.