Justice advocate, gender equality, queen of dissent and lace collars are but a few things associated with Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the Supreme Court Justice who passed away after a battle with pancreatic cancer. Her passing is a tremendous loss for the nation. Here a few thoughts on a woman I long admired from afar.
Top of your class at an Ivy League institution wasn’t good enough for corporate America because you were a woman. Rather than lose hope and give up, you clerked for judges, founded a women’s rights project at the ACLU, gained tenure at your alma mater and eventually became known as the dissent queen when you felt the Supreme Court was on the wrong side of justice.
Notorious RBG was a moniker you grew to love. I prefer Biggie Smalls because your small stature doesn’t begin to describe the huge impact you had on equality in this country. You stood up not only for women, but immigrants, the LGBT community, and anyone else who you felt was treated unfairly. Time and time again you stood for justice and equality. Thank you for not allowing the game to end when you were repeatedly discriminated against and instead changing the game for us all. A fighter to the very end, your life is an example to live by.
Rest well Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Yes ma’am, you are the The Notorious RBG, a
Revolutionary
Badass
Girl