Similar to what Jacqueline Davies (author of Lemonade Wars) shared at a keynote address two years ago. Her mother didn’t encourage her to read by reading to her. In fact, she never read to her. Instead, she read herself. Making it appear (as it was) to be the most delicious escape activity there ever was. By default, her children wanted to read too. And there were books galore. Ruth Bader Ginsburg grew up in a similar environment, one where her mother devoured books and they could have been about just about anything, if only she had grown up in a different time. Thankfully, Ruth did grow up in a different time, but not different enough that her path would be without challenges, but they were surmountable and Ruth did whatever she had to do, including studying in the bathroom, lest she look “too smart.” Later, she stood up for what she knew was right, including equal pay for equal work. In the verdict of the book, Jonah Winter writes “…she did not give up…she refused to let other people define her limitations as a person.”
Title: Ruth Bader Ginsburg: The Case of R.B.G. vs/ Inequality
Author: Jonah Winter
Illustrator: Stacy Innerst
Published 2017 by Abrams Books for Young Readers
ISBN: 978-1-4197-2559-3
This book was borrowed from the public library for review purposes.
