Ruth Bader Ginsburg: Justice For All

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4.6 • 943 Ratings

🗓️ 26 September 2016

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, you'll hear Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg tell the very personal story of her lifelong pursuit of justice and equality for women. Her tale includes trips to the library with her mother, a sixty year romance with Marty Ginsburg, her struggles to become a lawyer in a field inhospitable to women, her surprising friendship with Justice Antonin Scalia, and even her days as an aspiring baton twirler! The interview was conducted by NPR's Nina Totenberg, and explores some of the most important cases Ginsburg handled - as a lawyer and as a Justice - that helped transform the legal landscape for women (and men) in America. (c ) American Academy of Achievement 2016

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0:00.0	Long before
0:02.0	rut Bader Ginsburg was a Supreme Court justice,
0:04.0	she appeared before the court as a nervous lawyer.
0:08.0	Well, nervous is an understatement.
0:10.0	But then I had this moment when I left up at the bench and thought to myself,
0:15.5	these are the most important judges in the United States.
0:20.3	And I have a captive audience.
0:22.4	They have no place to go.
0:24.0	Exactly two decades later, Ruth Bader Ginsburg became a member of that esteemed captive audience,
0:31.0	the second woman in history to serve on the Supreme Court.
0:35.4	You'll hear the full version of that story later in this episode.
0:39.2	A whole episode devoted to the life lessons of justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
0:45.0	I'm Alice Winkler and this is what it takes from the Academy of Achievement.
0:51.0	Academy. of achievement. This child is gifted and I heard that enough that I started to believe it.
0:59.6	If you have the opportunity, not a perfect opportunity, and you don't take it, you may never have another job.
1:06.0	It all was so clear.
1:07.4	It was just like the picture started to form itself.
1:10.6	There was no way in which a lie could prevail over the truth. Darkness over light,
1:17.0	death over life.
1:18.0	Every day I wake up and decide. Today I'm going to love my life.
1:23.0	Decide.
1:25.0	My advice is if they're going to break your leg once when you go in that place, stay out of there.
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