# Dissenter on the Bench: Ruth Bader Ginsburg's Life and Work - Hardcover

by **Victoria Ortiz** (Author)

**A 2020 Sydney Taylor Honor Book  
The life and career of the fiercely principled Supreme Court Justice, now a popular icon, with dramatic accounts of her landmark cases that moved the needle on legal protection of human rights, illustrated with b/w archival photographs.**

Dramatically narrated case histories from Justice Ginsburg's stellar career are interwoven with an account of RBG's life--childhood, family, beliefs, education, marriage, legal and judicial career, children, and achievements--and her many-faceted personality is captured. The cases described, many involving young people, demonstrate her passionate concern for gender equality, fairness, and our constitutional rights. _Notes, bibliography, index._

### Author Biography

**Victoria Ortiz** graduated from the City University of New York Law School. She has worked as a high school teacher, as a college teacher, as an attorney, and as dean of students at several law schools. Her published work includes _Spanish for Lawyers_ (2012). Now retired, Ms. Ortiz lives in the Bay Area with her wife.

**Number of Pages:** 208

**Dimensions:** 0.7 x 9.1 x 6.4 IN

**Illustrated:** Yes

**Publication Date:** June 04, 2019

**Award:** Sydney Taylor Book Award (2020)

**Accelerated Reader:**

**Quiz Name:** Dissenter on the Bench: Ruth Bader Ginsburg's Life & Work

**Interest Level:** Upper Middle Grades, 6 and up

**Reading Level:** 9.1

**Point Value:** 8

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