Ruth Bader Ginsburg

1933–2020 · U.S. Supreme Court Justice & pioneering women’s-rights litigator

Ruth Bader Ginsburg argued a landmark series of sex-discrimination cases before the Supreme Court in the 1970s as head of the ACLU Women’s Rights Project, then served as an Associate Justice of that same Court from 1993 until her death in 2020. Known for her precise, incremental advocacy and pointed dissents, she became a cultural icon in her final decade. This quote — her advice to young women — distills her method: press hard for your cause, but in a way that wins allies rather than repels them.

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“Fight for the things that you care about, but do it in a way that will lead others to join you”

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