How Ruth Bader Ginsburg changed work for women—and men too: InternationalWomensDay
. Concluding as it does with this first example of Justice Ginsburg's belief that the way to tackle discrimination was incrementally, a case at a time, the movie does what all good examples of its type do - piques the interest and inspires the watcher to seek out more information.
At this stage, becoming a Supreme Court justice could not have seemed very likely. However, reflecting how complicated life can be, Ginsburg benefited from the help and understanding of three men. Her husband, Marty, by all accounts never wavered in his support for her and in his readiness to do what was required to further her career.
Marty, who died in 2010, was clearly a man ahead of his time in his view of women's place in society. Equally obviously, many men still have a long way to go in catching up with him. It is one thing to change the law and quite another to change attitudes. Inmuch is made of the decision in a case brought by the Justice Department against the Virginia Military Institute over its refusal to admit women.
Wait and see. You will be proud of the women who become graduates of VMI." And she was sufficiently forgiven to be guest of honor at the ceremony marking the twentieth anniversary of co-education. into accusations against the first female superintendent of the Grand Canyon National Park demonstrate that, even in a government body and even in 2019, there is no guarantee of equal treatment.
We can celebrate Kylie Jenner's achievement, but we should not forget that it would have been unlikely to have come about without the steady work of Ruth Bader Ginsburg and others like her. Much remains to be done — in terms of changing laws but also with regard to society's attitudes to individuals' roles at work and in their families and communities.
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