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Notorious RBG by Irin Carmon7/7/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() As you read about RBG, you get to know how and why she became the person she is today, how she was discriminated against by some and championed by others. Notorious RBG begins by describing Ruth Bader (then known as "Kiki") as a brilliant but quiet high school girl and goes on to follow her through her school years, marriage, motherhood, law school, various court jobs and cases, all the way through to the present. 52) that "the government couldn't discriminate between men and women 'when biological differences are not related to the activities in question.' " When reading about the slow progress that has been made against discrimination on both sides (and how it has been handled in other countries), it's all the more surprising that pay discrimination still exists.īut, let's back up a bit. ![]() In fact, she has worked for rights of both men and women, arguing (with her husband, as described on p. ![]() I have long admired Ruth Bader Ginsburg without actually knowing all that much about her, beyond the fact that she's a Supreme Court justice who champions women's rights. Notorious RBG: The Life and Times of Ruth Bader GinsburgĢ27 pp., incl. ![]()
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