Hirshman, Linda R.

Sisters in law : how Sandra Day O'Connor and Ruth Bader Ginsburg went to the Supreme Court and changed the world / Linda Hirshman. - First edition. - xxiii, 390 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 353-373) and index.

Country girl, city kid -- The lawsuit of Ruth's dreams -- Goldwater girl and card-carrying member of the ACLU -- Act one : building women's equality -- Intermission : abortion -- Act two : equality in peril -- Act three : the stay-at-home dad to the rescue -- Finale : boys and girls together -- Sandra O'Connor raises Arizona -- Welcome Justice O'Connor -- Women work for Justice O'Connor -- Queen Sandra's court -- No queen's peace in the abortion wars -- I'm Ruth, not Sandra -- Ginsburg's feminist voice -- The importance of being O'Connor and Ginsburg -- Justice O'Connor's self-inflicted wound -- The great dissenter -- Notorious R.G.B -- Our heroines.

9780062238467 (hardcover)

2015002577


O'Connor, Sandra Day, 1930-
Ginsburg, Ruth Bader.


United States. Supreme Court --Biography.


Women judges--United States--Biography.
Judges--United States--Biography.

KF8744 / .H57 2015

347.73/2634