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Sisters in Law: How Sandra Day O'Connor and Ruth Bader Ginsburg Went to the Supreme Court and Changed the World Audiobook
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NPR Best Book of 2015
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
WASHINGTON POST BESTSELLER
The author of the celebrated Victory tells the fascinating story of the intertwined lives of Sandra Day O’Connor and Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the first and second women to serve as Supreme Court justices.
The relationship between Sandra Day O’Connor and Ruth Bader Ginsburg—Republican and Democrat, Christian and Jew, western rancher’s daughter and Brooklyn girl—transcends party, religion, region, and culture. Strengthened by each other’s presence, these groundbreaking judges, the first and second to serve on the highest court in the land, have transformed the Constitution and America itself, making it a more equal place for all women.
Linda Hirshman’s dual biography includes revealing stories of how these trailblazers fought for their own recognition in a male-dominated profession—battles that would ultimately benefit every American woman. She also makes clear how these two justices have shaped the legal framework of modern feminism, including employment discrimination, abortion, affirmative action, sexual harassment, and many other issues crucial to women’s lives.
Sisters-in-Law combines legal detail with warm personal anecdotes that bring these very different women into focus as never before. Meticulously researched and compellingly told, it is an authoritative account of our changing law and culture, and a moving story of a remarkable friendship.
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“[A] fascinating audiobook…Narrator Andrea Gallo’s engaging, open voice has a slight rasp but is eminently compelling and inviting. While she doesn’t have an elastic range, she does adjust her tone to capture the momentous nature of the decisions the Court made during the shared tenure of these two judicial leaders.”
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“A tale of two unfaltering women with steel-trap minds…Smart, startling, and profoundly moving.”
— Stacy Schiff, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Cleopatra -
“Carefully researched and enjoyably written.”
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“The story of Sandra Day O’Connor and Ruth Bader Ginsburg, their separate routes to the Supreme Court, and what they accomplished during the more than twelve years they spent together is irresistible.”
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“Vital…Part of what makes Hirshman such a likable writer—in addition to her wit and ability to explain the law succinctly without dumbing it down—is her optimism.”
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“A gossipy, funny, sometimes infuriating, and moving tale of two women so similar and yet so different.”
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“Hirshman’s ability to write clearly about the law without oversimplifying enables her to explain how O’Connor played defense and Ginsburg offense.”
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“An illuminating analysis…This superb book unpacks the remarkable achievements of the first two female Supreme Court justices.”
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“An absorbing history of the struggle for women’s rights in the legal arena and the two extraordinary women who helped to advance those rights.”
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“Hirshman’s conversational style and deep analysis of several precedent-setting constitutional cases should appeal to both casual and professional readers.”
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“An intelligent, evenhanded look at a changing society and its legal foundations.”
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“A thorough, accurate, and most readable account of the careers of the two first women to serve as Justices of the Supreme Court.”
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“Linda Hirshman’s joint biography of Sandra Day O’Connor and Ruth Bader Ginsburg is fascinating and informative but is also joyful—a stirring reminder of how these two pioneers for women’s rights have advanced the cause in their singular but complementary ways.”
— Jeffrey Toobin, CNN legal analyst and author of The Oath -
“A prodigious achievement and an important contribution to the history of our times.”
— Leslie Bennetts, author of The Feminine Mistake
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A New York Times bestseller
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An NPR Best Book of 2015
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A Washington Post bestseller
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About Linda Hirshman
Linda Hirshman is the author of the New York Times and Washington Post bestselling book about Sandra Day O’Connor and Ruth Bader Ginsburg Sisters in Law. She is also the lawyer and political pundit who wrote the first history of the gay revolution since everything changed: Victory: The Triumphant Gay Revolution. She has written about social movements for a variety of publications, including the New York Times, the Washington Post, the New Republic, and the Daily Beast. She has appeared on NPR, Freakonomics Radio, 60 Minutes, Good Morning America, CBS News, CNN, MSNBC, and above all, on Comedy Central’s The Colbert Report. She lives in Arizona and New York.
About Andrea Gallo
Andrea Gallo is an audiobook narrator whose works include Ungifted by Gordan Korman, The Nosy Neighbor by Fern Michaels, Kings of the Earth by John Clinch, and In Search of Eden by Linda Nichols, among many others.