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Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg never asked for fame -- she was just trying to make the world a little better and a little freer. But along the way, the feminist pioneer's searing dissents and steely strength have inspired millions. Notorious RBG takes you behind the myth for an intimate, irreverent look at the justice's life and work. As America struggles with the unfinished business of gender equality and civil rights, Ginsburg stays...

"Four years before Nina Totenberg was hired at NPR, where she cemented her legacy as a prizewinning reporter, and nearly twenty-two years before Ruth Bader Ginsburg was appointed to the Supreme Court, Nina called Ruth. A reporter for The National Observer, Nina was curious about Ruth's legal brief, asking the Supreme Court to do something revolutionary: declare a law that discriminated "on the basis of sex" to be unconstitutional. In a time when women...

As a lawyer, professor, appellate judge, and associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, Ginsburg has influenced the law and society in real and permanent ways. This collection of essays chronicles and evaluates the remarkable achievements she has made over the past half century. Readers will discover diverse perspectives on an array of doctrinal areas and on different time periods in Ginsburg's career, creating an impressive legacy of one of the...

Delve into the life and career of Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the second woman justice appointed to the US Supreme Court. Ginsburg endured great adversity-from anti-Semitism to gender discrimination-to achieve her Supreme Court appointment. Follow her journey to Supreme Court Justice, and learn how she became a national spokesperson for treating people equally under the law. This revised edition uses primary and secondary sources, including quotes and childhood...

To become the first female Jewish Supreme Court Justice, the unsinkable Ruth Bader Ginsburg had to overcome countless injustices. Growing up in Brooklyn in the 1930s and '40s, Ginsburg was discouraged from working by her father, who thought a woman's place was in the home. Regardless, she went to Cornell University, where men outnumbered women four to one. There, she met her husband, Martin Ginsburg, and found her calling as a lawyer. Despite discrimination...

Showcasing 25 neckpieces of Ruth Bader Ginsburg, which offer insight into her legacy, this stunning portrait of the Supreme Court Justice uses each collar to highlight a defining career moment, from her earliest argument for gender equality to her support of immigration and marriage equality during her 25th year on the bench.

"When Leslie Karst learned that her offer to cook dinner for Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and her renowned tax law professor husband, Marty, had been accepted, she was thrilled--and terrified. A small-town lawyer who hated her job and had taken up cooking as a way to add a bit of spice to the daily grind of pumping out billable hours, Karst had never before thrown such a high-stakes dinner party. Could she really pull this off? Justice...

"A picture book biography of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg"-- Provided by publisher.

Inspired by the powerful true story of a young Ruth Bader Ginsburg, On the Basis of Sex depicts a then-struggling attorney and new mother facing adversity in her fight for equal rights. When Ruth takes on a ground-breaking case, she knows the outcome could alter the courts' view of gender discrimination. Stronger together, Ruth teams up with her husband, Martin Ginsburg, to fight the case that catapults her into one of the most important public figures...