Supreme Court: Associate Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Sonia Sotomayor, and Elena Kagan. This year's event honored the women Justices of the U.S. capitol building on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg speaks at an annual Women's History Month reception hosted by Pelosi in the U.S.

In the book she tells her biographers, “I try to give people the picture in not too many words, and I strive to find the right words.” According to Ginsburg, she took Nabokov’s advice to use words “to paint pictures.” She credits her Cornell college professor, Vladimir Nabokov, the writer known for the novel “Lolita,” with improving her writing skills. She was adventuresome, daring and her boyfriend was a much more passive type than she was.” According to Ginsburg: “Nancy was a girl who did things. The young Ginsburg spent Friday afternoons at the library, housed between a Chinese restaurant and a beauty parlor, reading Nancy Drew. Celia Bader’s advice? “Be a lady” which meant, in part, that one wasn’t to let emotions like anger or envy get in her way, and “be independent.” She was heavily influenced by a mother who always wished she could have furthered her own education. “Kiki” Bader grew up in a working-class neighborhood in New York where she learned the cello and was a “twirler,” performing with her baton at football games and even in a Manhattan parade. Here are 10 highlights that reveal the woman behind the bench: In 2016, these fans got a glimpse of a more personal side of the Justice when she published a book called “My Own Words,” a compilation of a lifetime of Ginsburg’s writings and speeches. Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg – the 85-year-old liberal legal icon – has spent 25 years on the Supreme Court and says she plans on staying put for at least five more.īut while most know of her work, far fewer know about her backstory.ĭuring her tenure on the high court, Ginsburg has become an unlikely star who has inspired operas, tattoos, T-shirts and millions of young women who never knew that the law was once reserved for male lawyers. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg died on Friday, Septem.

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