Review: Sisters in Law: Sandra Day O'Connor, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, and the Friendship That Changed Everything by Linda Hirshman

Title: Sisters in Law: Sandra Day O'Connor, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, and the Friendship That Changed Everything
Author: Linda Hirshman
Publisher: Harper Collins
Publication Date: September 22, 2015 (first published September 1st 2015)
Edition: ebook (320 pages)
Category: nonfiction

Sisters in Law: Sandra Day O'Connor, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, and the Friendship That Changed Everything by Linda Hirshman

My rating: 5 of 5 stars


Linda Hirshman writes a masterful account of how two talented women, from opposite backgrounds, become the first and second women to serve as Justices on the United States Supreme Court. Their stories are truly remarkable. At the time they attended law school, Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Sandra Day O'Connor were two of a very small number of women law students, not to mention an even smaller number of women to gain respect among their male counterparts at the time. Their battles for acceptance in the legal profession were not easily won. But both persevered. Justice Ginsburg is still serving on the Court, and continues to advocate for women's full participation in society.

I found this book most interesting. Ms. Hirshman did an excellent job comparing the two Justices in terms of their personalities, upbringing, political philosophy, and their contributions to women's rights, social change and the law.