Free to Be Ruth Bader Ginsburg Quotes

“She wanted to teach the justices that the very notion of “sugar and spice and everything nice” limited the opportunities and aspirations of their daughters. One way to do that was to show how seemingly benign gender classifications harmed men as well as women.”
― Teri Kanefield, Free to Be Ruth Bader Ginsburg: The Story of Women and Law

“Ruth’s soon-to-be mother-in-law gave her advice about how to have a happy marriage. Just before the ceremony, Evelyn sat her down and said, “Ruth, remember in every good marriage it helps to be a little hard of hearing.”14 She then presented Ruth with a pair of earplugs. Ruth said that whereas she didn’t particularly need those earplugs in her marriage, they definitely came in handy later with law faculty colleagues.”
― Teri Kanefield, Free to Be Ruth Bader Ginsburg: The Story of Women and Law

“later she credited the Nancy Drew series with planting the idea that a girl could be an adventurer who thought for herself,”
― Teri Kanefield, Free to Be Ruth Bader Ginsburg: The Story of Women and Law