Ruth Bader Ginsburg: The Case of R.B.G. vs. Inequality - Hardcover

Winter, Jonah

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1419725599 ISBN 13: 9781419725593

Publisher: Abrams Books for Young Readers, 2017

Synopsis

A ?New York Times Best Illustrated Children's Books of 2017 Award Winner!

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.
 

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About the Author

Jonah Winter is the celebrated author of more than thirty nonfiction picture books, including Barack, which was a New York Times bestseller. His books include Frida, Sonia Sotomayor, Roberto Clemente, and more. A poet and a painter, Mr. Winter divides his time between Santa Fe and a small town in Pennsylvania. Stacy Innerst is an illustrator whose work has appeared in print, web, and broadcast media in the U.S. and abroad. He's received many awards for his work including the Golden Kite Award for Picture Book Illustration. Some of the children's books he's illustrated include The Beatles Were Fab (and They Were Funny) and Levi Strauss Gets a Bright Idea.

From the Back Cover

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 Æ40s, Ginsburg was discouraged from working by her father, who thought a womenÆs place was in the home. Regardless, she went to Cornell University, where males outnumbered females 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 SchoolÆs 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 the one of AmericaÆs most ônotoriousö women bravely persevered to become the remarkable symbol of justice she is today.

Edition details

• Publisher: Abrams Books for Young Readers
• Publication date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1419725599
• ISBN 13: 9781419725593
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: Innerst Stacy
• Number of pages: 48