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  First Edition of Lori D. Ginzberg's Elizabeth Cady Stanton: An American Life; from the library of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg; Inscribed by Bill Bader

  GINZBERG, Lori D. [Ruth Bader Ginsburg].

  Elizabeth Cady Stanton: An American Life.

  New York: Hill and Wang, A Division of Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2009.

  First edition of this biography about one of the founding philosophers of the American movement for women's rights. Octavo, original pictorial wrappers, illustrated with black and white photographs. Association copy, inscribed by Bill Bader on the half-title page, "For Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, With respect and best wishes on her birthday, Bill Bader, 8 March 2011." American lawyer and jurist Ruth Bader Ginsburg served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1993 until her death in 2020 and was responsible for some of the most eventful legal decisions of the past half-century. Nominated by President Bill Clinton in 1993 to replace retiring justice Byron White, Ginsburg became the first Jewish woman and the second woman to serve on the Court, after Sandra Day O’Connor. Ginsburg spent much of her legal career as an advocate for gender equality and women’s rights, winning many arguments before the Supreme Court. During her tenure as associate justice of the Supreme Court, Ginsburg received attention for her fiery and passionate dissents that reflected liberal views of the law. She was popularly dubbed “the Notorious R.B.G.”, a moniker she later embraced. She authored several important majority opinions related to gender discrimination, vo...

  Price: $3,800.00     Item Number: 147665

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