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I could sit here & tell you about all the important cases Ruth Bader Ginsburg argued as a Associate Justice of the Supreme court.
Several of which are formidable & noteworthycases, moving the needle forward on women's rights.
But "RBG" is at its heart--a love story.
A love story between Ruth & her husband Martin Ginsburg.
Ruthmet Martin while attending college at Cornell. Both went on to law school at Harvard. (She was a new mother at the time.) And she was one of nine women admitted. Each woman was given a 'talking to' by the Dean of the school, reminding them that they were taking the place of a man. She made law review anyway.
When Martin got sick, she took care of him, taking notes for him & averaging a few hours of sleep each night. When he moved to New York to realize his career as a prominent tax attorney, she left Harvard & finished school at Columbia.
And after a long & storied career in law,where she continually faced rejection because of her gender, it was Martin who went,hat inhand,to visit former President Bill Clinton & asked him to interview Ruth for the position of Associate Justice to the Supreme Court.
Martin knew that Ruth was too shy to ask for herself.
Ruth Bader Ginsburgwent on tobecome the second woman nominated to the Supreme Court--and the onlywoman in 2006 when Sandra Day O Connor stepped down.
On Thursday October 25th, be moved byRuth & MartinGinsburg'slove story. Be moved by how powerful it is when someone SPONSORS a woman's career by making important introductions. Be moved by how dogged & persistent diminutive Ruth Bader Ginsburg isat 90 years old, in making her voice heard.
Join us at at the National Arts Club in Gramercy for RBG, examining the life of Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Afterwards, I will engage ina talkback with RBG filmmaker Julie Cohen.
This screening & talkback generously made possible by Rand Silver, AIG, Preeti Bajaj, Inderjit Sidhu, & Kavita Mehra.
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