While serving on the bench of the Juvenile Court in Shelby County Tennessee from 1950 to 1963, Judge McCain often said that children want "Guidance, protection and discipline." She was a strong advocate of parental responsibility as a means of controlling juvenile crime.
She started a program in which Memphis businessmen acted as "advisers" to youths who came before her.
She staunchly supported the rights of delinquent children. She opposed a policy advocated by J. Edgar Hoover, then Director of the F.B.I., which said the names of juvenile offenders should be made public if they committed serious crimes or were repeat offenders. Judge McCain said such a policy would thwart rehabilitation efforts.
She was born in the Levi Community of Shelby County, she spent almost 30 years in education, first as a teacher and then as Director of the Memphis Board of Education's Division of Child Adjustment, before her appointment to the bench. Following her judicial career, she became a consultant to the Tennessee Youth Guidance Commission and a lobbyist for the state Parent Teacher Association.
She was President of the Tennessee Education Association in 1948. She was named outstanding woman of the year by the Pilot Club in 1951, and by the Kiwanis Club in 1959.
She attended Memphis State College, Now the University of Memphis, and George Peabody College in Nashville, where she earned degrees in psychology and child guidance. She earned a law degree from Southern Law University, now the University of Memphis School of Law.
Elizabeth was also a charter member of the Kate Trader Barrow Book Club.
She started a program in which Memphis businessmen acted as "advisers" to youths who came before her.
She staunchly supported the rights of delinquent children. She opposed a policy advocated by J. Edgar Hoover, then Director of the F.B.I., which said the names of juvenile offenders should be made public if they committed serious crimes or were repeat offenders. Judge McCain said such a policy would thwart rehabilitation efforts.
She was born in the Levi Community of Shelby County, she spent almost 30 years in education, first as a teacher and then as Director of the Memphis Board of Education's Division of Child Adjustment, before her appointment to the bench. Following her judicial career, she became a consultant to the Tennessee Youth Guidance Commission and a lobbyist for the state Parent Teacher Association.
She was President of the Tennessee Education Association in 1948. She was named outstanding woman of the year by the Pilot Club in 1951, and by the Kiwanis Club in 1959.
She attended Memphis State College, Now the University of Memphis, and George Peabody College in Nashville, where she earned degrees in psychology and child guidance. She earned a law degree from Southern Law University, now the University of Memphis School of Law.
Elizabeth was also a charter member of the Kate Trader Barrow Book Club.
While serving on the bench of the Juvenile Court in Shelby County Tennessee from 1950 to 1963, Judge McCain often said that children want "Guidance, protection and discipline." She was a strong advocate of parental responsibility as a means of controlling juvenile crime.
She started a program in which Memphis businessmen acted as "advisers" to youths who came before her.
She staunchly supported the rights of delinquent children. She opposed a policy advocated by J. Edgar Hoover, then Director of the F.B.I., which said the names of juvenile offenders should be made public if they committed serious crimes or were repeat offenders. Judge McCain said such a policy would thwart rehabilitation efforts.
She was born in the Levi Community of Shelby County, she spent almost 30 years in education, first as a teacher and then as Director of the Memphis Board of Education's Division of Child Adjustment, before her appointment to the bench. Following her judicial career, she became a consultant to the Tennessee Youth Guidance Commission and a lobbyist for the state Parent Teacher Association.
She was President of the Tennessee Education Association in 1948. She was named outstanding woman of the year by the Pilot Club in 1951, and by the Kiwanis Club in 1959.
She attended Memphis State College, Now the University of Memphis, and George Peabody College in Nashville, where she earned degrees in psychology and child guidance. She earned a law degree from Southern Law University, now the University of Memphis School of Law.
Elizabeth was also a charter member of the Kate Trader Barrow Book Club.
She started a program in which Memphis businessmen acted as "advisers" to youths who came before her.
She staunchly supported the rights of delinquent children. She opposed a policy advocated by J. Edgar Hoover, then Director of the F.B.I., which said the names of juvenile offenders should be made public if they committed serious crimes or were repeat offenders. Judge McCain said such a policy would thwart rehabilitation efforts.
She was born in the Levi Community of Shelby County, she spent almost 30 years in education, first as a teacher and then as Director of the Memphis Board of Education's Division of Child Adjustment, before her appointment to the bench. Following her judicial career, she became a consultant to the Tennessee Youth Guidance Commission and a lobbyist for the state Parent Teacher Association.
She was President of the Tennessee Education Association in 1948. She was named outstanding woman of the year by the Pilot Club in 1951, and by the Kiwanis Club in 1959.
She attended Memphis State College, Now the University of Memphis, and George Peabody College in Nashville, where she earned degrees in psychology and child guidance. She earned a law degree from Southern Law University, now the University of Memphis School of Law.
Elizabeth was also a charter member of the Kate Trader Barrow Book Club.
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