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Author
Publisher
Disney Hyperion
Pub. Date
2020.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
As a student, teacher, lawyer, and judge, Ruth often experienced unfair treatment. But she persisted, becoming a cultural icon, championing equality in pay and opportunity. Her brilliant mind, compelling arguments, and staunch commitment to truth and justice have convinced many to stand with her, and her fight continues to this day.
Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
You Are a Star, Ruth Bader Ginsburg focuses on Ruth's lifelong mission to bring equality and justice to all. Sarah Green's spot-on comic illustrations bring this icon to life, and engaging backmatter instructs readers on how to be more like Ruth!"--
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.6 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Formats
Description
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg never asked for fame -- she was just trying to make the world a little better and a little freer. But along the way, the feminist pioneer's searing dissents and steely strength have inspired millions. Notorious RBG takes you behind the myth for an intimate, irreverent look at the justice's life and work. As America struggles with the unfinished business of gender equality and civil rights, Ginsburg stays fierce....
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has spent a lifetime disagreeing: disagreeing with inequality, arguing against unfair treatment, and standing up for what's right for people everywhere. This biographical picture book about the Notorious RBG tells the justice's story through the lens of her many famous dissents, or disagreements.
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
An introduction to the second female Supreme Court justice describes how she faced discrimination because of her gender throughout her education and working life, and how her fight for equality changed the way the law dealt with women's rights.
Author
Series
Publisher
Frances Lincoln Childrens Books
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"As a young person, little Ruth recognized injustice in the world. She decided to work to make her country a fairer place--for everyone. From her career as a lawyer making the case for equality, right through to sitting as a judge on the Supreme Court, the highest in the land, Ruth spent her whole life fighting for what's right, and encouraging others to do the same."--Back cover
Presents an illustrated look at the life and career of United States...
13) Mi mundo adorado
Author
Publisher
Vintage Español
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
Español
Description
La primera latina y tan sólo la tercera mujer designada a la Corte Suprema de los Estados Unidos, Sonia Sotomayor se ha convertido en un icono americano contemporáneo. Ahora, con un candor e intimidad nunca antes asumidos por un juez en activo, Sonia nos narra el viaje de su vida -- desde los proyectos del Bronx hasta la corte federal -- en una inspiradora celebración de su extraordinaria determinación y del poder de creer en uno mismo.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Born in Washington, DC, in 1970, and raised in Miami, Florida, Ketanji Brown Jackson developed an interest in law and politics at an early age. As a preschooler, she sat with her father and watched him complete his law school assignments. And even though some people, including a school guidance counselor, discouraged Ketanji from aiming high, she proved them wrong and graduated with honors from Harvard Law School. She went on to serve on the U.S....
Author
Publisher
Clarion Books
Pub. Date
[2019]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 9.1 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
"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 b/w archival photographs"--
19) Sonia Sotomayor
Author
Series
Publisher
Vintage Español, una división de Penguin Random House
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
Español
Description
""Nunca he tenido que enfrentar nada que desborde el optimismo natural y la perseverancia con los que fuí bendecida"".--
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
An account of the intertwined lives of the first two women to be appointed to the Supreme Court examines their respective religious and political beliefs while sharing insights into how they have influenced interpretations of the Constitution to promote equal rights for women.
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