from the ACLU, this is at Liberty.

I'm Emerson Sykes, a staff attorney here at the ACLU and your host.

Happy New Year. We've got lots of exciting new content in the works for 2020, but this week

we're bringing back a very special episode from 2019. Last January, I spoke with Lenora Lapidus,

the former director of the ACLU's Women's Rights Project. Lenora passed away just a few months

after the interview, having fought a long battle with cancer. Lenora passed away just a few months after the interview, having fought a long

battle with cancer. Lenora was a true ACLU legend. She started as an intern in 1988,

later served as legal director of the ACLU of New Jersey, and for nearly two decades led the

ACLU's Women's Rights Project, which was founded by Ruth Bader Ginsburg.

During this memorable conversation, Lenora reflects on our own journey as a women's rights advocate

and Ruth Bader Ginsburg's lasting impact on the ACLU. We hope you enjoy this gem from the

At Liberty Archive.

Lenora, it's a great pleasure and honor to have you with us.

Welcome to the podcast.

Thanks so much.

It's great to be here.

Can you start by telling us a bit about the founding of the ACLU's Women's Rights Project

and the role of Ruth Bader Ginsburg?

Sure.

The Women's Rights Project was founded by Ruth Bader Ginsburg in 1972.

The prior year, she had written a brief on behalf of the ACLU in a case called Reed versus

Reed.

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