Ruth Bader Ginsburg
This book focuses on the legal figure Ruth Bader Ginsburg, a revolutionary lawyer who fought sex-based discrimination in the law. Ruth Bader Ginsburg is known and admired for her commitment and perseverance, as well as her ingenious legal techniques and methods. This book brings Ruth Bader Ginsburg to life, commenting on her many achievements and informing the reader about the many changes she brought about in the American justice system.
The Constitution
The Constitution is mentioned frequently, as it is the basis of the legal system in America. In her cases, Ruth often appealed to the constitution in order to prove that discrimination on the basis of gender is not something that should occur in a country that is supposedly concerned with freedom about all else. For example, the book states that Ginsburg stood "before a set of justices and forced them to see that women were people too in the eyes of the Constitution."
The fight for equality
As well as informing us about Ruth Bader Ginsburg and her life, this books is also an interesting read about the fight for gender equality in the 20th Century. Carmon highlights the many cases Ruth Bader-Ginsburg was involved with, which ultimately progressed the fight for gender equality step by step.
