Women did not have pregnancy coverage, and got lower pension benefits and pay. The obstacles Ginsburg faced were shared by many American women in the workplace. (Collection of the Supreme Court of the United States) Justice Antonin Scalia and RBG riding an elephant, 1994. In some states, own property without having a husband in control as “head and master.”.Get pregnant without the threat of losing her job.Open a bank account or get a credit card without a husband’s or male relative’s permission.Play school sports on an equal basis with boys.Answer want ads for jobs labeled “men only.”.Get paid the same amount as men for doing the same work.Practice law in most states, much less become a judge.Setting the stage for the rest of RBG’s life of service, one wall panel, entitled “Things Women Couldn’t Do in the 1930s and 1940s,” reads:

RBG’s academic life spans from a paper that she wrote as an eighth grader exploring the relationship between the Ten Commandments, the Magna Carta, the Bill of Rights, the Declaration of Independence and the recently formed United Nations Charter, to yearbooks from Harvard, Columbia and Rutgers. On display are shared home movies of RBG with Marty on their honeymoon and in the early years of their marriage. Her school years and marriage are the stuff of happy ever after storybooks tales.

Ginsburg’s early life is re-imagined with scenes of familiar places: her childhood Brooklyn apartment and the kitchen she and her husband Martin “Marty” Ginsburg shared. Here her life story presented through objects-some everyday photographs and documents, some with historical significance and accompanied by media stations and gallery interactives-is a three-dimensional portrait that recreates her life in her time. 23, 2022) is based on the popular best-selling book of the same name. The exhibit now at The New York Historical Society (Oct. Notorious RBG: The Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburgis the memoir that Ginsburg never wrote. Ruth Bader Ginsburg at the Senate confirmation hearing for her appointment to the Supreme Court on July 21, 1993.

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