Ruth Bader Ginsburg : the case of R.B.G. vs. inequality / by Jonah Winter ; illustrated by Stacy Innerst.

Ruth Bader Ginsburg : the case of R.B.G. vs. inequality / by Jonah Winter ; illustrated by Stacy Innerst.

Alternate Title
Case of R.B.G. vs. inequality
 
Case of Ruth Bader Ginsburg versus inequality

By
Winter, Jonah.

Publication Date
2017

Publication Information
New York : Abrams Books for Young Readers,

Physical Description
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill.

Subject Term
Women judges -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
 
Judges -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.

Additional Contributors
Innerst, Stacy.

Summary
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.

Language
English

ISBN
9781419725593


LibraryCollectionCollectionCall Number
St. John's - A.C. HunterJuv BioJuvenile BiographyB GIN