Ruth Bader Ginsburg

By Jonah Winter, Stacy Innerst (Illustrator)

A woman defies societal norms to become a Supreme Court Justice.

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48 pages

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Ruth Bader Ginsburg, growing up in 1930s Brooklyn, faced societal and familial pressures to conform. Despite these challenges, she pursued law at Cornell, where she met her husband, Martin. Battling discrimination, she became Columbia Law's first tenured female professor and a Supreme Court Justice. This story, structured like a court case, reveals her relentless fight against injustice, transforming her into a symbol of perseverance and equality.

From the publisher

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 against Jews, females, and working mothers, Ginsburg went on to become Columbia Law School’s first tenured female professor, a judge for the US Court of Appeals, and finally, a Supreme Court Justice.

Structured as a court case in which the reader is presented with evidence of the injustice that Ginsburg faced, Ruth Bader Ginsburg is the true story of how one of America’s most “notorious” women bravely persevered to become the remarkable symbol of justice she is today.