Miss Birdie Amsterdam, first woman elected to a judicial post in this city, was sworn in as a City Court justice yesterday at a two-hour ceremony at which Mayor Robert F. Wagner was present. Miss Amsterdam, who has long been active in Jewish welfare and educational circles and in the legal field, was elected to a ten-year term last November.
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