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Author Ortiz, Victoria author.

Title Dissenter on the bench : Ruth Bader Ginsburg's life & work / by Victoria Ortiz.

Publication Info. Boston : Clarion Books, [2019]
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Location Call No. Status
 Berlin-Peck Memorial Library - Teen  YA 92 GINSBURG    Check Shelf
 Burlington Public Library - Teen  YB GINSBURG    Check Shelf
 Canton Public Library - Teen  TEEN BIO GINSBURG    Check Shelf
 East Hartford, Raymond Library - Young Adult  YA B GINSBURG O    Check Shelf
 East Hartford, Wickham Branch Library - Young Adult  YA B GINSBURG O    Check Shelf
 Farmington, Main Library - Teen Department  TEEN B GINSBURG, RUTH    Check Shelf
 Granby, Main Library - Teen  TEEN BIOG GINSBURG    Check Shelf
 Mansfield, Main Library - Adult Biography  B GINSBURG    Check Shelf
 New Britain, Main Library - Young Adult  YA 92 GINSBURG, RUT    Check Shelf
 Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Teen  YA B GINSBURG    DUE 04-09-24

Description 199 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-192) and index.
Contents A teen takes her case to the Supreme Court -- Students have rights too -- Standing up for free expression -- Marriage rights, past and present -- Women working in "a man's world" -- Protecting all caregivers -- Strengthening the family unit -- Defending hard-won civil rights -- Women's rights are human rights -- Blazing a trail, leaving her mark -- Acknowledgments -- Appendix I: the bill of rights -- Appendix II: some important additional dissents written or joined by Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg -- Appendix III: structure of the federal court system.
Summary "The life and career of the fiercely principled Supreme Court Justice, now a popular icon, with dramatic accounts of her landmark cases that moved the needle on legal protection of human rights, illustrated with black-and-white archival photographs"-- Provided by publisher.
Audience Grades 7-12.
Subject Ginsburg, Ruth Bader, 1933-2020.
United States. Supreme Court -- Officials and employees -- Biography.
Judges -- United States -- Biography.
Women lawyers -- United States -- Biography.
Dissenting opinions -- United States.
United States. Supreme Court -- Officials and employees.
Ginsburg, Ruth Bader. (OCoLC)fst00009942
United States. Supreme Court. (OCoLC)fst00529481
Dissenting opinions. (OCoLC)fst00895422
Employees. (OCoLC)fst00909111
Judges. (OCoLC)fst00984490
Women lawyers. (OCoLC)fst01178096
United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Genre/Form Biography. (OCoLC)fst01423686
Biographies.
Illustrated works.
ISBN 9780544973640 (hardback)
054497364X (hardback)
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