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Notorious RBG: The Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Irin Carmon,

Shana Knizhnik

Start date: November 10, 2015

Finish date: November 11, 2015

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Jun 19, 2016 Nadine in NY Jones rated it it was amazing

Shelves: feminist-stuff, biography, lotsa-buzz, politics-law-and-government

This is really fantastic. Don't even bother reading my review, just go read this book.

I seriously got chills when I started reading this. It's that good. I usually avoid biographies, because in the past I've found them dull, but this was anything but dull. This resonated so strongly for me. What an amazing woman Justice Ginsberg is. We are so fortunate to have her on our Suprme Court. Some passages brought me to tears (which was kinda embarrassing since I was reading it at my desk at work during ...more

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Mar 13, 2016 yana rated it really liked it

This is a very lighthearted ode to the inspiring and kick-ass RBG. The writing isn't amazing, but I loved reading about her life, how she became who she is, her lovely relationship with her husband, and her approach to the law and to being a Supreme Court justice. My favorite part of inhabiting her world for a couple days, was thinking about how she's approached her work really as an organizer more than just a "decider." I think this is largely overlooked, hugely important to her success, and co ...more

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Nov 11, 2020 Rae rated it it was amazing

Shelves: bio-memoir, 2020

Gender equality. Jabot. Centrism. Sweeping judicial opinions are counterproductive. Significant women.

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Oct 02, 2015 Kate McCartney rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: non-fiction-adult, amazing-women, audiobook, 2016, book-riot-2016-harder-challenge

I enjoyed learning more about RBG, she is a bad-ass. I listened to this so the time hopping in the story-telling for me was easy to follow though I do feel like it disjointed the narrative.

I think this was a nice, primer to RBG, I know want to read one a little meatier to delve into her awesomeness more.

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Jan 01, 2016 Julianne Dunn rated it it was amazing

Shelves: 2016-read-harder

What's not to love about this book? It's an abbreviated version of RBG, filled with her most famous decisions (complete with fun interpretations), art depicting RBG, and personal photos of RBG. Love it. ...more

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Nov 14, 2017 taeli rated it liked it

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A look at Ruth Bader Ginsburg's life and influence on changing the laws that affected both womens and mens roles in the workplace and family life. A great peek into RBGs life so far. ...more

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Jan 01, 2016 Patty rated it it was amazing

Shelves: biography

As a fan of the Tumblr by the same name, I was looking forward to reading this book. I was not disappointed. Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is one of my heroes.

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