RBG: A Life by Jane Sherron De Hart

This was a gift for my 12 year old daughter. She had seen the documentary on TV and now she knows something about how just 50 years ago, women were effectively barred from working in many professions, along with not have many of the rights she takes for granted. The Notorious RBG was the legal eagle who broke the barrier and is now her heroine. She is so happy to have her own copy so she can share it with her friends.

-Great watch! I now recommend it to everyone interested in civil rights, great women of modern times and of course RBG
-Bought this version with French subtitles to share with people who do not speak English and I can assure you the translation is well timed and accurate

Notorious Ruth Bader Ginsburg (1933-2020) war eine Legende am Obersten Gerichtshof der USA. Auch im fortgeschrittenen Rentenalter stritt sie unermüdlich weiter als Liberale für die Verfassung und dachte trotz Krankheit nicht an Rücktritt. Ihre Schriftsätze, Urteile und Sondervoten gelten als brillant und kenntnisreich formuliert.
In diesem beeindruckenden Porträt wird der Vorkämpferin für Gleichberechtigung ein Denkmal gesetzt. Sie musste sich als junge Frau ihren Weg nach Oben Schritt für Schritt hart erkämpfen, denn Juristinnen gab es in den 1950er Jahren in den USA so gut wie gar nicht. Anwaltskanzleien wollten keine Frauen einstellen. Irgendwann klappte es doch, mit einigen wegweisenden Prozessen als Anwältin am Supreme Court legte sie den Grundstein für ihre Karriere, die 1993 mit der Berufung als Richterin an den Supreme Court ihren Höhepunkt erreichte.
Inzwischen hat RBG durch die sozialen Medien auch bei jungen US-Amerikanern Kultstatus erreicht. Es machte Eindruck, dass Ginsburg leidenschaftlich für die Rechte von Minderheiten kämpft und sich dabei auch immer auf die Verfassung berief. Mit ihrer bedächtigen, humorvollen Art stand die kleine, stets adrett gekleidete Person überall, wo sie auftrat, im Mittelpunkt. Doch eigentlich mochte sie das nicht, sie arbeitete lieber unermüdlich für die Gerechtigkeit. Erst wenn sie nicht mehr mit Volldampf arbeiten könne, würde sie sich zurückziehen. Ihr Tod kam dem zuvor.

I watched this documentary soon after it first came out and have not stopped recommending it. I immediately rewatched this with my daughter and personally think that every woman in our country should have to watch this. Maybe I was just not paying attention through my education or maybe my head was in the sand, but I think that the role that this woman has played in shaping the lives of not only women, but every single person in our country is virtually unmatched and under-hyped. How did I get through high school and college and not fully understand her role in shaping the world we live in today. Her brilliance and foresight pushed her to fight for equal rights for all, not just women and her genius course of action is laid out before you. Her story is delivered in an approachable and thoughtful way. The subject matter and legal jargon associated with the law and our nation’s judicial system could easily turn someone off or confuse them. The Notorious RGB does just the opposite. If you have not watched this, stop what you are doing right now and watch this. Better yet, go grab your best girlfriend, daughter, mother, sister, aunt, grandmother, neighbor or whoever you want and get them to watch it with you! Thank you RGB for all that you fought for and accomplished for us and for living a life that I can be held up as an example of what just one person is capable of. Much love and respect.

アメリカのリーガルドラマでも、ちらっと話題になるので興味があったのですが、その人生は本当に素晴らしい！知ることができて幸せ。

This documentary RBG features details on a multiple number of Ruth Ginsburg family members, some details involving Ruth Ginsburg’s mother and father and how this indirectly shaped some of her outlooks, how the death of Ruth Ginsburg’s mother at the young age of 17 indirectly impacted her outlook in multiple areas of her life, multiple people featured who knew Ruth Ginsburg in her personal andor professional life, some of the factors that indirectly influenced her decision to go into teaching when her initial plans to practice law after college went differently than planned/expected, details on Ruth Ginsburg’s husband and multiple factors that contributed to her decisions involving where she chose to study law, some significant cases that Ruth Ginsburg took on involving a female Air Force officer, and more.