Sandra Day O’Connor and Ruth Bader Ginsburg took very separate routes to become the first two women on the US Supreme Court. One woman grew up on a western cattle ranch and became the Republican majority leader of the Arizona State Senate. The other,the Brooklyn-born daughter of Russian Jewish immigrants, became an advocate for the ACLU. Lawyer and professor Linda Hirshman delves into the intertwined lives of two history-making Supreme Court Justices in Sisters in Law: How Sandra Day O'Connor and Ruth Bader Ginsburg Went to the Supreme Court and Changed the World.
Source: wnyc.org