![]() ![]() Though the book does include some of Ginsburg's personal writings, it also contains several essays and articles written about her, by others. ![]() Ruth Bader Ginsburg's "My Own Words" was published in 2016 by Simon & Schuster. ![]() Bader attended public school a block from her home there, because of other girls in her class who shared her first name, she started using her middle name “for more official purposes.” She was raised to be independent and was an avid reader, a notably talented storyteller, and she loved gymnastics but “was not… especially fond of math.” And since she grew up in the shadow of World War II and was Jewish, she was fully aware of anti-Semitism. Theirs was a close-knit neighborhood, and the family had many of the luxuries of the day. Williams): letters, when properly collected, can move mountains.īorn in working-class Brooklyn in 1933, Joan Ruth Bader was her parents’ second daughter sadly, their eldest died of meningitis just fourteen months later. That was also when you learned something important, as you’ll see in “My Own Words” by Ruth Bader Ginsburg (with Mary Hartnett and Wendy W. Those were The Magic Words you learned at your mother’s knee, the ones that opened doors and gained favors. Her book, "My Own Words," was published in 2016 by Simon & Schuster. ![]() Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg passed away on Friday, Sept. ![]()
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