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Nearly a halfcentury into being a feminist and legal pioneer, something funny happened to supreme court justice ruth bader ginsburg. Carmon explains in a prefatory authors note, she and ms. Its an artisanal hagiography, a frank and admiring piece of fan nonfictionearly on, we learn that justice ginsburg was a fan of nancy drew as a child, and notorious rbg, with its earnest superhero framing, reads like a nancy drew novel itselfits an honest abe tale for the 20something set. After reading this book, my level of respect for justice ginsburg deepened. Based on the new york times bestselling book and tumblr page of the same name, notorious rbg.
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