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"From the New York Times bestselling author of I Dissent comes a biographical graphic novel about celebrated Supreme Court justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Supreme Court justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is a modern feminist icon-a leader in the fight for equal treatment of girls and women in society and the workplace. She blazed trails to the peaks of the male-centric worlds of education and law, where women had rarely risen before. Ruth Bader Ginsburg has often said that true and lasting change in society and law is accomplished slowly, one step at a time. This is how she has evolved, too. Step by step, the shy little girl became a child who questioned unfairness, who became a student who persisted despite obstacles, who became an advocate who resisted injustice, who became a judge who revered the rule of law, who became...RBG"--… (more)
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This book is a graphic novel which is presented as a biography of RBG from her birth until she became Supreme Court justice. Follwing that is a six-page narrative of the years afterward. This book is good both for older children and adults. More difficult terms are clearly explained with footnotes. Oddly enough, I myself finally learned the difference between a district court and a circuit court from reading this book.
I have a great appreciation for this marvelous woman who came from a rather modest background, but who has achieved so much and continues to work hard in her choses career.