Ruth Bader Ginsburg American Justice

A Biography

By: Maria Shapiro

Narrated by: Ttari Hellmer

Length: 2 hrs and 38 mins

Publisher's summary

How did the tiny Jewish daughter of immigrants from Brooklyn, born at a time when the deck was stacked against her, grow up to be a legend?

Supreme Court Justice Ginsburg’s life shaped her career, and her career shaped her life. From inheriting her mother’s overwhelming passion for knowledge and equality to changing the legal system as we know it, this book travels with Ruth on her journey from Kiki Bader to the “notorious RBG”.

Explore the significant milestones in Ruth’s life, from birth and education to marriage and motherhood, and hear how these events affected and shaped her beliefs and career.

Trace the growth of this polarizing figure’s firm belief in justice through equality, and learn how she strove tirelessly to reach that goal throughout her life.

See all of her groundbreaking “firsts” - from being the first woman on the Harvard Law Review to the first Supreme Court Justice to officiate a same-sex marriage.

Truly start to understand this champion of women’s rights and the impact she made, as well as the legacy she left behind.

Whether you know nothing or everything about Ruth Bader Ginsburg or the ongoing struggle for equality, this book is a way to learn more.

When someone dies, it’s Jewish tradition to say, “May my memory be a blessing”. In Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s case, her memory, her work, and her life are blessings for us all. Click the "Buy Now" button, and hear how keeping her memory alive and learning from it will be the foundational rock of our continual battle for justice.

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Ok Poor Editing

The biography itself is interesting, but the editing is poorly done. There are several clumsy translations and volume changes. Also the narrator’s pronunciation of Scalia is different than I’ve ever heard before.

A brief history of RBG

This was a short bio on RBG starting with her family's immigration story and ending with her death. There were some great details I didn't know and it corrects certain literary license taken with the movie covering one part of her life. This audio book would have been so much better if the narrator had any gift for reading aloud. She sounds like a bored student forced to read a passage aloud in class who only speaks the words on the page without any understanding of or appreciation for the material.

Biography of an Icon

I loved this biography of the brilliant an ground-breaking Supreme Court justice. I've read other books about RBG which carefully chronicled all of her many meaningful and groundbreaking cases but this one provides a good deal more information about Ginsberg the woman - the daughter, wife, mother, mentor an friend. It's a warm, sometimes funny and always inspiring look at the woman who overcame adversity, including multiple battles with cancer and her constant fight for justice, fairness and equal rights.
A must read for anyone who wishes to understand how the U.S. equal rights movement got to where it is, and how much it has to lose.