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Dissenter on the bench : Ruth Bader Ginsburg's life and work
Publication Information
New York : Clarion Books, [2019]
Physical Description
199 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Summary
"The life and career of the fiercely principled Supreme Court Justice, now a popular icon, with dramatic accounts of her landmark cases that moved the needle on legal protection of human rights, illustrated with b/w archival photographs"--
Contents
- A teen takes her case to the Supreme Court
- Students have rights too
- Standing up for free expression
- Marriage rights, past and present
- Women working in "a man's world"
- Protecting all caregivers
- Strengthening the family unit
- Defending hard-won civil rights
- Women's rights are human rights
- Blazing a trail, leaving her mark.
Subjects
- Judges > United States > Biography.
- Women judges > United States > Biography.
- Women lawyers > United States > Biography.
- Dissenting opinions > United States.
- Dissenters > United States > Biography.
- Jewish women > United States > Biography.
- United States. Supreme Court > Officials and employees > Biography.
- United States. Supreme Court > Officials and employees.
- Ginsburg, Ruth Bader, 1933-2020