According to John Kenneth Galbraith, all successful revolutions are the kicking in of a rotten door. Since the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, no one has done more to revolutionize the status of women than Ruth Bader Ginsburg. In her new autobiography, Ginsburg describes her Brooklyn roots and the daughter, student, wife, mother, law professor, author, civil rights advocate, and federal judge who created equal opportunity for women and seemingly broke every barrier. The book proves that Molière was right; the greater the obstacle, the more glory in overcoming it.
Ginsburg employs a challenging format in the book, in which she embroiders key passages from her articles, speeches, legal briefs, and court opinions with details of her girlhood, education, marriage, law school professorships, landmark cases, judgeships, and judicial colleagues.
