When Sandra was just 16, she went off to college (and then law school) at Stanford, and it was from her time there that Thomas lands his biggest scoop. She is the most consequential woman in American history. It was her vote that saved abortion rights, her vote that preserved affirmative action and her vote that delivered the presidency to George W. But O’Connor was the swing justice on a closely divided Supreme Court, so she - and she alone - determined the outcome of case after case. As a lawyer, Ginsburg won important cases, and as a liberal justice in a conservative time, she has written stirring dissents. early confrontations with discrimination, fierce work ethics, supportive and enlightened husbands - but there is one major distinction: power. 1.Įvan Thomas answers that question in his fascinating and revelatory biography, “First: Sandra Day O’Connor.” There are many parallels between the lives of R.B.G.
2 implicitly raises the question of whatever happened to No. Books, documentaries, a major feature film, even a best-selling comic-book-cum-biography have celebrated the feminist litigator and second woman to serve on the United States Supreme Court.
For some time now, Ruth Bader Ginsburg has been having a moment.