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4.25 AVERAGE
4.25 AVERAGE
A great look into the Notorious RBG's life and dissents. The success of her career has directly resulted in an increase of rights and opportunities for me personally. She's a hero.
I'm giving this four stars because of its subject matter, who personally deserves five; however, this book is not for everyone. It is probably a great read for anyone who holds a law degree; it does not read like a novel or even remotely like a typical celebrity biography. It is pretty dense in legal terms and citation of court cases and less about her personal life. For me, it was admittedly a struggle to get through. My admiration of RBG and all she's done in her career pushed me to finish.
I did not actually finish this book before my library loan expired. The beginning is simply enthralling & so interesting. I learned a lot and grew to admire her far more than I did previously. The work she did as a young mother is so amazing. I think women forget how far we have come just in her lifetime & we owe RBG a great deal of gratitude for those efforts. Then as RBG begins her career as I judge I lost interest because the book goes thru each case so tediously. I'm sure a lawyer would enjoy these details, but I did not. The first quarter of this book is a MUST READ!
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Learned a lot that I didn't know about the woman who is affectionately referred to as the Notorious RBG.
I highly recommend this biography that balances Ginsburg's personal and legal life. De Hart does a good job in explaining complex cases.
A very well researched and comprehensive biography of the life and accomplishments of RBG. She will always be a hero of mine.
Have you ever wanted to learn more about Ruth Bader Ginsburg but you’re worried that whatever book you pick up won’t go into enough detail about what summer camp she went to and her experiences there? Are you concerned that you won’t be able to learn about Justice Ginsberg’s favorite operas? Well fear no more, this doorstop, nay sea anchor, of a book goes into more detail on parts of Ruth Bader Ginsburgs’s life than one could ever ask for.
It seems like there’s some people whose lives coalesce at the intersection of intelligence, hard work, and luck. Without the first two the last one doesn’t matter. Without the last one, I don’t believe a person's career can ascend to the towering heights where we write these sweeping biographies about them. How many thousands are lost to history simply because their personality was just a bit too sharp for the time? How many hundreds of thousands worked hard and were smart, but did so in an age where they were oppressed or couldn’t reasonably ascend to the levels of greatness that we see today. Ruth hits the sweet spot of this imaginary matrix. Brilliant, workaholic, and at times incredibly lucky to soar upon the winds of change, her life is a testament to the ability of one compelling person to make an impact on the world.
“You gon talk about it or you gon be about it?” -Ruth Probably
This book is a tremendous biography about what it means to reach the highest levels of the judiciary in the United States, and to do so while being a woman on the cusp of the second wave of the feminist revolution. I have so much respect and admiration for Ruth after reading this book. Ruth inhabited a sweet spot, or perhaps forced herself into that position, in order to pull forward the sled of human progress in women’s rights. It’s such an interesting contrast to today where we see lots of bombast on the news, but I see few practical policy proposals. Ruth on the other hand, simply marched an army of well researched and well argued cases on women's rights to the supreme court, and bit-by-bit corrected the condescending and patriarchal status quo. Ruths tenacity and strategy are clear in hindsight, but at the time they seemed almost like divination. I appreciated the depth of examination the book had on these parts.
If there’s a drawback,it’s the back pain I experienced lugging this massive book around, it is that at times I don’t think it contextualizes the the social and cultural event going on very well. Maybe that’s because it assumes that if you’re reading a book about Ruth Bader Ginsburg you’re intimately familiar with all the feminist events of the last century, but unfortunately I was not aware of the pre-reading-reading required, and as such I became easily confused when things outside this book were brought up. I’d be reading along and get stupid look on my face. What’s “ Donger Schmitz v. FloogleDorf?” I would wonder, and then I fire up the googles to find out that it was some civil rights legislation. That and the lack of reference to social movements of the time makes it seem a bit too much like "Ruth Changes the world by herself." I would have appreciated just a bit of filler and context providing, but that's a minor squabble. The cases Ruth personally argues are explained well and I could follow them easily enough. The arc of her life is impressive and inspiring.
It seems like there’s some people whose lives coalesce at the intersection of intelligence, hard work, and luck. Without the first two the last one doesn’t matter. Without the last one, I don’t believe a person's career can ascend to the towering heights where we write these sweeping biographies about them. How many thousands are lost to history simply because their personality was just a bit too sharp for the time? How many hundreds of thousands worked hard and were smart, but did so in an age where they were oppressed or couldn’t reasonably ascend to the levels of greatness that we see today. Ruth hits the sweet spot of this imaginary matrix. Brilliant, workaholic, and at times incredibly lucky to soar upon the winds of change, her life is a testament to the ability of one compelling person to make an impact on the world.
“You gon talk about it or you gon be about it?” -Ruth Probably
This book is a tremendous biography about what it means to reach the highest levels of the judiciary in the United States, and to do so while being a woman on the cusp of the second wave of the feminist revolution. I have so much respect and admiration for Ruth after reading this book. Ruth inhabited a sweet spot, or perhaps forced herself into that position, in order to pull forward the sled of human progress in women’s rights. It’s such an interesting contrast to today where we see lots of bombast on the news, but I see few practical policy proposals. Ruth on the other hand, simply marched an army of well researched and well argued cases on women's rights to the supreme court, and bit-by-bit corrected the condescending and patriarchal status quo. Ruths tenacity and strategy are clear in hindsight, but at the time they seemed almost like divination. I appreciated the depth of examination the book had on these parts.
If there’s a drawback,
This was a looooong audiobook. While I was happy to learn about RBG’s life, I felt it that this biography was pretty dry and the wording at times awkward. Perhaps the physical book would’ve been a better choice. But RBG was an incredible woman; I wish had read this before her death.
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