October 5 - 11, 2020 Vol. 28 No. 38
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The city is beginning to open back up, but most Chicago events and gatherings are cancelled until further notice. We are replacing our usual calendar with recommendations from StreetWise vendors, readers and staff to keep you entertained at home! The SportsWise team chats about "Da Bears."
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A former law clerk to U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who died September 18, compares her work on behalf of women to Thurgood Marshall's on behalf of African Americans, followed by tributes from the Women's Bar Association of Illinois and other prominent Chicago attorneys. We glimpse the justice's personal life in an exhibit at the Illinois Holocaust Museum and Education Center and through Lyric Opera of Chicago, which shared a lecture Ginsburg gave on the intersection of opera and law and a photo of her in a speaking performance with Washington National Opera.
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StreetWise Vendor LadyDavid Tillman waxes poetic on voter rights.
The Playground ON THE COVER: Notorious RBG book cover illustration by Adam Johnson. Courtesy of HarperCollins. Additional alteration by Dave Hamilton. Photographs: Crown Š by Hurst Photo/Shutterstock; Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Collection of the Supreme Court of the United States. THIS PAGE: Ruth Bader and Marty Ginsburg after their engagement party, Dec. 27, 1953. Courtesy of Justice Ginsburg’s personal collection provided by the Illinois Holocaust Museum.
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ARTS & (HOME) ENTERTAINMENT RECOMMENDATIONS Since being stuck inside, which shows have you been watching? Which movies? Have you read any good books lately? Any new music releases have you dancing in your living room? StreetWise vendors, readers and staff are sharing what is occupying their attention during this unprecedented time. To be featured in a future edition, send your recommendations of what to do at home and why you love them to: Creative Director / Publisher Dave Hamilton at dhamilton@streetwise.org
Celebrate Chicagoans
Making History Awards The Chicago History Museum will host the virtual 26th annual Making History Awards at 6 p.m. CST on Tuesday, October 6, from the Chicago History Museum YouTube Channel (www.youtube.com/ChicagoHistoryMuseum). This year, it celebrates the accomplishments of seven distinguished honorees who have left their mark on Chicago. Join them as they share each of their unique stories and hear from esteemed colleagues on the importance of their contributions to our community. We will also hear from Chicago History Museum leadership and take a look inside the Museum’s current initiatives, exhibitions, and educational programs. Be sure to stay tuned to the end for a special surprise!
Laugh Out Loud!
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45 Plays for America's First Ladies "45 Plays for America’s First Ladies" is a Neo-Lab commission that serves as a companion piece to the acclaimed Neo-Futurist production "43 Plays for 43 Presidents" (originally produced in 2004 and remounted in 2012). Focusing this time on the women who served in the role of First Lady, it is a chronological series of 1 to 5-minute plays over the course of 90 minutes that adopt a variety of shapes, tones and theatrical conventions, in traditional Neo-Futurist style. Rather than presenting a purely biographical story, the project uses the “honorary” office of First Lady as a lens to examine the roles that women and other marginalized individuals have played in the development of America. The production features ensemble members from the Chicago, New York and San Francisco Neo-Futurists under the direction of Denise Yvette Serna, and is written by Neo-Futurists alumni Andy Bayiates, Bilal Dardai, Genevra Gallo-Bayiates, Sharon Greene and Chloe Johnston. Live-streamed performances of "45 Plays for America’s First Ladies" run Oct. 8, 9 and 11 at 7:30 p.m. with a full digital recording available for online viewing Oct. 13 through Nov. 2. Tickets are now on sale for $15. For more information, visit neofuturists.org.
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Art Outside!
Paint Southport Join Spectra Fine Art from 1 to 5 p.m. Saturday, October 10 on the Southport Corridor between Grace and Waveland Streets for “Paint Southport," as some of Chicago’s best artists paint along the sidewalk. A map to galleries, local vendors and artist booths will be available at Bombastic Café, 3732 N. Southport. Attendees will be required to wear masks and to maintain social distancing. “Maintaining a vibrant economy by increasing foot traffic to local businesses and neighborhood promotion remains at the forefront of everything we do,” said Nicole McLellan, community development manager of the Lakeview Chamber of Commerce. “Although COVID-19 has changed the landscape of events, we are thrilled that these unique programs can continue in a socially distanced way so more people can continue to enjoy our thriving neighborhood.”
Get in a Groove!
Tips for electronic music production A virtual event for people who are interested in coming together and sharing ideas about making electronic music is coming up! This virtual event will take place on Thursday, October 8 at 6 p.m. The organizers ask that you be willing to turn on your video for the event. This event is intended to simulate a group conversation. Learn more at https:// www.meetup.com/Chicago-Electronic-Music-Producers-Meetup/events/jkwqsrybcnblb/
Time Travel!
Decision 1920: A Return to "Normalcy" In this free Newberry Library exhibition, you are a voter faced with making an important choice in a moment of profound change. A global war followed by a worldwide pandemic brought the United States into a closer relationship with the rest of the world. On the home front, national prohibition and women’s suffrage campaigns have reached their end. Unrest surrounding race, immigration, and the economy continue to highlight persistent challenges dating to the founding of the republic. Voters -- W hat direction do you choose? Forward into a new decade or a return to the United States at the beginning of the 20th century? Learn about the issues, meet the candidates, experience the campaigns, cast your ballot. Decision 1920 offers a choice where the stakes are big and the consequences real. The exhibition is free and open to the public Tuesday - Friday, 12 - 4 p.m. through November 25. Face masks are required at all times. Social distancing is required. For groups of 3-6 people, please email exhibitions@newberry.org to schedule your visit at least one day in advance. Newberry Library is located at 60 W. Walton St. Phone: (312) 943-9090. .
Art with Heart
YOU BE MY ALLY The University of Chicago (UChicago) will debut a new public art commission by world-renowned artist and alumna Jenny Holzer “YOU BE MY ALLY,” premiering October 5 on the UChicago campus and worldwide through a web-based augmented reality app. The text-based artwork is Holzer’s first augmented reality (AR) project using virtual projections in the United States and her first work created in collaboration with the university’s students and faculty. “YOU BE MY ALLY” features 29 excerpts from historically significant readings from UChicago’s Core curriculum, including works by distinguished writers W. E. B. Du Bois, Helen Keller, Audre Lorde, Toni Morrison, Friedrich Nietzsche, Plato, Mary Shelley, and Virginia Woolf. The title of the project itself is an excerpt from “If Not, Winter: Fragments of Sappho,” a translation by classicist Anne Carson that is among the Core readings. Viewers can access a free, web-based AR app to virtually project and animate these texts on the facades of architecturally significant UChicago buildings. In addition, app users will be able to project the title quote onto their surroundings anywhere in the world. On October 30, additional quotations will become available to project anywhere. Text selections from the Core curriculum will also be featured on LED trucks driving throughout the UChicago campus, South Side, and downtown communities October 5 and 6, bringing the experience to diverse audiences in an unexpected manner. Another component of Holzer’s work will incorporate original texts in support of nonpartisan get-out-thevote efforts. They will be displayed on LED trucks driven throughout the city on October 24 and 30. Visit arts.uchicago.edu to learn more and download the app.
German History!
“The Rocket’s Red Glare” Raised in Cologne, Germany, and now based in Chicago, Barbara Diener explores the complicated legacy of Wernher von Braun in “The Rocket’s Red Glare” at DANKHaus German American Cultural Center. Von Braun was a German scientist who developed the V2 rocket for the Nazis and was brought to the United States after the war under the controversial Operation Paperclip, a government initiative to secure and extract German scientists. Diener’s photographs follow von Braun’s life in Huntsville, Alabama, where he developed the Saturn V, the rocket used to travel to the moon. Rather than presenting a complete view of this complex part of German-American history—classified for decades—"The Rocket’s Red Glare” poses questions. How has von Braun’s history been passed on through generations? How are facts distorted, embellished, and undermined? Viewers are invited to draw their own connections. The exhibit runs through October 23 in the 4th floor gallery of the DANKHaus, located at 4740 N. Western Ave. To make this exhibit as COVID-19-safe as possible, advance registration is required with rosa@dankhaus.com There is a suggested $5 donation. Full information and registration page can be found at www.dankhaus.com/events -Compiled by Dave Hamilton, Suzanne Hanney & Nina Rothschild
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Vendors Russ Adams, John Hagan and Donald Morris chat about the world of sports with Executive Assistant Patrick Edwards.
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Don: Welcome to StreetWise’s SportsWise, people! I’m here with my awesome crew: John Hagan, Russ Adams, and Patrick Edwards. Russ: Hmmm…what can we talk about? Don: You’re a funny man, Russ. Da Bears. Let’s talk about our hometown squad. John, what do you got for us? John: Well, to begin with, the Chicago Bears’ exciting come-from-behind win over the Detroit Lions (27-23) on Opening Day could be a sign of things to come, especially for Mitch Trubisky, who in some aspects has been ostracized because he hasn’t quickly taken the next steps to NFL elite status the way a couple of the other quarterbacks in the same draft have done, e.g., Deshaun Watson (Houston Texans) and Patrick Mahomes (Kansas City Chiefs). Russ: You think that’s right? John: I don’t. I think many don’t realize quarterbacking isn’t easy, especially in the pros. Look at John Elway and Troy Aikman. Their first two years in the league were tons
worse than Trubisky’s, but they still go down in history as two of the very best; something that, if given a chance, is possible for Mitch. Patrick: I can kinda agree with you, John. My thing with it is I gave our last QB, Jay Cutler, so many “He has the potential to be really, really good”…yet, every year, it was the same old thing. I always talk about the Bears’ simply being jinxed; that to go elsewhere is what those stars on the cusp—those with the potential—should do: just get out. Don: But if that happens, then what’re we left with? Patrick: Nah, you’re right. I can admit, it’s frustration on my part. I honestly believe the Bears should be in the Super Bowl every friggin’ year. Swear I do…and, somehow, it doesn’t happen. Russ: So, what you’re admitting to, Patrick, is that you’re delusional?
Patrick: That’s what it’s looking like, ain’t it? All: (Laughter) Russ: But I will say this about this year’s Bears, and some of it hits on what John spoke about a second ago. The Bears are 2-0 as we discuss them and, though it’s no big deal yet, I really enjoyed both games. And, John, as to what you were saying about Trubisky being given a chance to be great, I’ve talked with my customers and many of them are with you. Now, some have also said “Bench him,” which I’m somewhat on the fence with. If Mitch and the Bears beat Green Bay, then I think we can feel positive that we’re on a pretty good path. Don: I’m with you: Anything. Can. Happen. Upsets happen, and this proves that absolutely anything can go down on any given Sunday. I’m die-hard like the rest of y’all here, so I won’t give up on them too quickly…but because I am
die-hard, I also don’t want to cheer on no bad-news Bears team neither! Patrick: I’m with you, Don. Anytime I’m sitting there for longer than 10 minutes just shaking my head in silence—even as I’m rooting for them—that’s not good. I seriously can’t believe some of the things they do out there— including the coaches. Shoot, we’re way better than a lot of what they’ve shown us. To wrap it up, though: I’m with Mitch…but just for a lil’bit. He’ll have to work hard to get back his teammates’ confidence -- and mine -- but I’m willing to give him a chance. We have a shot. John: And Nick Foles, in my opinion, isn’t that much better than Mitch—if at all—so I say we move forward with Trubisky. Don: Well, there it is. Any comments or suggestions? Email pedwards@streetwise.org
by Jonathan Entin / The Conversation all images provided by The Illinois Holocaust Museum
When Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg died September 18, Chief Justice John Roberts said that “Our nation has lost a jurist of historic stature.”
Ruth Bader Ginsburg helped shape the modern era of women’s rights – even before she went on the Supreme Court
The comparison was entirely appropriate: As Marshall oversaw the legal strategy that culminated in Brown v. Board of Education, the 1954 case that outlawed segregated schools, Ginsburg coordinated a similar effort against sex discrimination. Decades before she joined the court, Ginsburg’s work as an attorney in the 1970s fundamentally changed the Supreme Court’s approach to women’s rights, and the modern skepticism about sex-based policies stems in no small way from her lawyering. Ginsburg’s work helped to change the way we all think about women – and men, for that matter. I’m a legal scholar who studies social reform movements and I served as a law clerk to Ginsburg when she was an appeals court judge. In my opinion – as remarkable as Marshall’s work on behalf of African Americans was – in some ways Ginsburg faced more daunting prospects when she started.
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Even before her appointment, Ginsburg had reshaped American law. When he nominated Ginsburg to the Supreme Court, President Bill Clinton compared her legal work on behalf of women to the epochal work of Thurgood Marshall on behalf of African Americans.
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Starting at zero When Marshall began challenging segregation in the 1930s, the Supreme Court had rejected some forms of racial discrimination even though it had upheld segregation. When Ginsburg started her work in the 1960s, the Supreme Court had never invalidated any type of sex-based rule. Worse, it had rejected every challenge to laws that treated women worse than men. For instance, in 1873, the court allowed Illinois authorities to ban Myra Bradwell from becoming a lawyer because she was a woman. Justice Joseph P. Bradley, widely viewed as a progressive, wrote that women were too fragile to be lawyers: “The paramount destiny and mission of woman are to fulfil the noble and benign offices of wife and mother. This is the law of the Creator.” And in 1908, the court upheld an Oregon law that limited the number of hours that women – but not men – could work. The opinion relied heavily on a famous brief submitted by Louis Brandeis to support the notion that women needed protection to avoid harming their reproductive function. As late as 1961, the court upheld a Florida law that for all practical purposes kept women from serving on juries because they were “the center of the home and family life” and therefore need not incur the burden of jury service.
Rubén Castillo is partner litigation practice group and chair, Akerman Bench Akerman LLP; and former chief judge for the federal district court of northern Illinois.
"Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was a national treasure who left many enduring legacies in the law. Her vision of equality for America deeply seeded several generations of lawyers who will now carry on her torch of equal justice. I am proud to be one of the countless attorneys and judges who were inspired by the life of Ruth Bader Ginsburg."
The probate judge appointed the father as required by state law. Sally Reed appealed the case all the way to the Supreme Court. Ginsburg did not argue the case, but wrote the brief that persuaded a unanimous court in 1971 to invalidate the state’s preference for males. As the court’s decision stated, that preference was “the very kind of arbitrary legislative choice forbidden by the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment.”
Ginsburg followed Marshall’s approach to promote women’s rights – despite some important differences between segregation and gender discrimination.
Two years later, Ginsburg won in her first appearance before the Supreme Court. She appeared on behalf of Air Force Lt. Sharron Frontiero. Frontiero was required by federal law to prove that her husband, Joseph, was dependent on her for at least half his economic support in order to qualify for housing, medical and dental benefits.
lowed only to widows. The Florida courts ruled against him.
Segregation rested on the racist notion that Black people were less than fully human and deserved to be treated like animals. Gender discrimination reflected paternalistic notions of female frailty. Those notions placed women on a pedestal – but also denied them opportunities.
If Joseph Frontiero had been the soldier, the couple would have automatically qualified for those benefits. Ginsburg argued that sex-based classifications such as the one Sharron Frontiero challenged should be treated the same as the now-discredited race-based policies.
Ginsburg, working with the national American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), stepped in after the local affiliate brought the case to the Supreme Court. But a closely divided court upheld the exemption as compensation for women who had suffered economic discrimination over the years.
Either way, though, Black Americans and women got the short end of the stick.
By an 8–1 vote, the court in Frontiero v. Richardson agreed that this sex-based rule was unconstitutional. But the justices could not agree on the legal test to use for evaluating the constitutionality of sexbased policies.
Despite the unfavorable result, the Kahn case showed an important aspect of Ginsburg’s approach: her willingness to work on behalf of men challenging gender discrimination. She reasoned that rigid attitudes about sex roles could harm everyone and that the all-male Supreme Court might more easily get the point in cases involving male plaintiffs.
Challenging paternalistic notions
Ginsburg started with a seemingly inconsequential case. Reed v. Reed challenged an Idaho law requiring probate courts to appoint men to administer estates, even if there were a qualified woman who could perform that task. Sally and Cecil Reed, the long-divorced parents of a teenage son who committed suicide while in his father’s custody, both applied to administer the boy’s tiny estate.
Strategy: Represent men In 1974, Ginsburg suffered her only loss in the Supreme Court, in a case that she entered at the last minute. Mel Kahn, a Florida widower, asked for the property tax exemption that state law al-
She turned out to be correct, just not in the Kahn case. Ginsburg represented widower Stephen Wiesenfeld in challenging a Social Security
CENTER: Ruth Bader Ginsburg, by Everett Raymond Kinstler, 1996. Oil on canvas. National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Everett Raymond Kinstler. © 1996 Everett Raymond Kinstler. CENTER, Right: RBG and Marty with their daughter, Jane, 1958. Collection of the Supreme Court of the United States. BOTTOM, Right: Ari Richter, RBG Tattoo II, 2018. Pigmented human skin on glass. Courtesy of the artist.
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Patricia Brown Holmes, former associate judge and managing partner, Riley Safer Holmes & Cancila LLP
“Notorious” is not the half of it—but it is the only word for a legend like Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg! Meeting and interviewing her was the highlight of my tenure as President of the Chicago Bar Association. She was like a girlfriend-instantly friendly, caring, warm and sincere. There is no doubt she was large and in charge even though she was tiny and delicate in size. Her slow, deliberate style of speaking commanded that one listen. Her rationale, analysis, and thought were impeccable in every way. She was bold in moving forward causes important to our society in general and women in particular. Her legacy must live on.” Act provision that provided parental benefits only to widows with minor children. Wiesenfeld’s wife had died in childbirth, so he was denied benefits even though he faced all of the challenges of single parenthood that a mother would have faced. The Supreme Court gave Wiesenfeld and Ginsburg a win in 1975, unanimously ruling that sex-based distinction unconstitutional. And two years later, Ginsburg successfully represented Leon Goldfarb in his challenge
to another sex-based provision of the Social Security Act. Widows automatically received survivor’s benefits on the death of their husbands. But widowers could receive such benefits only if the men could prove that they were financially dependent on their wives’ earnings. Ginsburg also wrote an influential brief in Craig v. Boren, the 1976 case that established the current standard for evaluating the constitutionality of sex-based laws. Like Wiesenfeld and Goldfarb, the challengers in the Craig case were men. Their claim seemed trivial. They objected to an Oklahoma law that allowed women to buy low-alcohol beer at age 18 but required men to be 21 to buy the same product.
But this deceptively simple case illustrated the vices of sex stereotypes: Aggressive men (and boys) drink and drive, women (and girls) are demure passengers. And those stereotypes affected everyone’s behavior, including the enforcement decisions of police officers. Under the standard delineated by the justices in the Boren case, such a law can be justified only if it is substantially related to an important governmental interest. Among the few laws that satisfied this test was a California law that punished sex with an underage female but not with an underage male as a way to reduce the risk of teen pregnancy.
“Justice Ginsburg advocated all her life for gender equality, the underserved and those who had been passed over, especially women and minorities. She understood at a deep personal level what this felt like after graduating from Columbia Law School at the top of her class as a young woman in the 1950s and failing to land a job. She nonetheless pursued her passion for the law, eventually securing a position as one of the first female law professors in the country, and led a life dedicated to the service of others and of making this world a better place. She will be missed.”
These are only some of the Supreme Court cases in which Ginsburg played a prominent part as a lawyer. She handled many lowercourt cases as well. She had plenty of help along the way, but everyone recognized her as the key strategist. In the century before Ginsburg won the Reed case, the Supreme Court never met a gender classification that it didn’t like. Since then, sex-based policies usually have been struck down. I believe President Clinton was absolutely right in comparing Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s efforts to those of Thurgood Marshall, and in appointing her to the Supreme Court. Jonathan Entin is emeritus professor of law and adjunct professor of political science at Case Western Reserve University. He was a law clerk to Justice Ginsburg in 1981-1982 when she was a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.
Thank you, Justice. By Kathryn Conway, Partner at Power Rogers, LLP and President of the Women’s Bar Association of Illinois. We are profoundly saddened by the passing of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the second woman ever to become a United States Supreme Court Justice, and a remarkable and trailblazing champion of women’s rights and civil rights. Among her innumerable accomplishments, Justice Ginsburg founded the Women’s Rights Project in 1972 during her tenure with the ACLU. The following year, she became the Project's general counsel. In this role, Justice Ginsburg argued six gender discrimination cases before the United States Supreme Court, winning five. Through her advocacy as a litigator and later as a jurist, she revolutionized the law and made incredible progress toward gender equality. As a member of the Supreme Court, Justice Ginsburg authored the Court's opinion in United States v. Virginia, 518 U.S. 515 (1996), which struck down the Virginia Military Institute’s male-only admissions policy as violating the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. One of Justice Ginsburg’s most famous dissenting opinions came in 2007, in the case of Ledbetter v. Goodyear, 550 U.S. 618 (2007), in which the Plaintiff filed a lawsuit against her employer claiming pay discrimination based on her gender under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act. In a 5–4 decision, the majority interpreted the Act’s statute of limitations as beginning to run at the time an unequal payment is made, even if a woman did not know at that time that she was being paid less than her male colleagues. As part of her dissent, Justice Ginsburg called on Congress to amend Title VII to remedy the Court’s interpretation. The following year, after the election of President Barack Obama, the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act was signed into law. In her confirmation hearing, Justice Ginsburg made clear her support for women’s choice and the constitutional right to safe and legal abortion: “This is something central to a woman's life, to her dignity. It's a decision that she must make for herself. And when Government controls that decision for her, she's being treated as less than a fully adult human responsible for her own choices.” She authored numerous opinions on the issue, including a powerful dissent in Gonzales v. Carhart, 550 U.S. 124 (2007). Justice Ginsburg’s tireless work on behalf of women and our country was nothing short of heroic. Her brilliance and bravery inspired and paved the way for so many. Groups like the Women’s Bar Association of Illinois exist because of her. We must honor her legacy by continuing her fight for justice, equality, and inclusion for all women, regardless of race, class, and religion. And we, as lawyers, have a particular ability and responsibility to do so. Thank you, Justice. Let’s get to work.
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Sharon Cruz, a lawyer for the state of Illinois
“Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was a legal pioneer for equality. Despite being asked by the Harvard dean why she was taking a man’s spot, she graduated at the top of her Columbia Law class. After being denied a judicial clerkship because of her gender and getting demoted because she was pregnant, Ruth went on to construct a brilliant litigation strategy, guiding the ACLU through dismantling the structural sexism built into our legal system. Her incremental approach built a stable foundation for the logical steps she needed the Court to take, and inspired all of us who fight for change."
Steve Flores, partner, Winston & Strawn LLP
"Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was an inspiration to many in the legal community and beyond. Through her quiet determination, perseverance, and intellect, she did her part to tear down systemic barriers for women in the U.S. She persevered despite countless personal challenges and setbacks. Her life and work should serve as an example to all of us that a more just and equal society is possible and that our struggle to tear down systemic inequalities is not in vain."
Mary A. Dempsey, president, DePaul College Prep.
“I'm honored to give some thoughts on Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. She was a trailblazer for women like me who attended law school in the late 1970s and early 80s. Ruth Bader Ginsburg had already proved that women deserve a place in law school and in the courtroom, which wasn't a commonly held belief when she was a law student and a young lawyer. Her brilliance as a lawyer and a jurist, her quiet dignity, forceful advocacy for equity, and devotion to the rule of law combined to make her an unstoppable force and a role model for women and men. How fortunate our country is to have been the beneficiary of her towering intellect and her unwavering commitment to justice.”
Stacey Sherr Michelon, public interest attorney doing volunteer legal work for Northwestern University Bluhm Legal Clinic’s Children & Family Justice Center and The Moran Center for Youth Advocacy
OPPOSITE PAGE: Official portrait of United States Supreme Court Justice Ruth Joan Bader Ginsburg (Courtesy of WDC photos/Alamy Stock Photo). TOP: Ruth Bader Ginsburg teaching at Columbia Law School, 1972 (courtesy of Columbia Law School). CENTER: The Alpha Epsilon Phi sorority at Cornell University in 1953, featuring Ruth Bader, class of 1954, pictured third from right standing in front of the porch (published in The Cornellian, 1953. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library).
She stood a mere 5 feet tall, yet loomed a giant. Small in stature, her words were anything but. She attacked gender discrimination with ferocity; she knew she had to take incremental steps to achieve substantial and permanent progress. She understood that “Real change, enduring change, happens one step at a time.” RBG changed this country for women. She changed it for men. She changed it for all Americans. Because of her, I grew up believing that I had a claim to my personhood as an equal among all citizens. RBG was a pioneer of justice whose legacy of liberty and equality will serve as a North Star for my generation and generations to come. I am eternally grateful to this groundbreaking force of nature for leading the way and bringing light to darkness.
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Notorious RGB: 'The Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg' at the Illinois Holocaust Museum According to Jewish tradition, a person who dies on Rosh Hashanah is a person of great righteousness. That is certainly true of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who died September 18, the start of the high holy days, said Susan Abrams, CEO of the Illinois Holocaust Museum and Education Center. "As an institution, we have been lucky enough to be telling her remarkable story for the last seven months, whether in person in our Notorious RBG: The Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg exhibition or virtually," said VP of Education and Exhibitions, Kelley Szany. "She has become a friend to us." Based on the New York Times bestselling book “Notorious RBG: The Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg,” this first-ever museum exhibition focused solely on this judicial icon, continues through Jan. 3, 2021 at the Illinois Holocaust Museum. It explores her numerous, often simultaneous, roles as a student, wife, mother, lawyer, judge, U.S. Supreme Court justice, women’s rights pioneer, and internet phenomenon. Briefs and other writings by RBG, including some of her famously searing dissents, are woven throughout the exhibit. In keeping with the spirit of Irin Carmon and Shana Knizhnik’s book, the exhibition riffs off the playful connection between Notorious RBG and rapper Notorious B.I.G. Both of them were born and bred in Brooklyn, as Ginsburg used to say. This exhibition was developed in partnership with authors Carmon and Knizhnik by Cate Thurston, associate curator at Los Angeles Skirball Cultural Center. Exhibition highlights include a robe and jabot from RBG’s Supreme Court wardrobe and home videos from her honeymoon and the early years of her marriage to Martin “Marty” Ginsburg. There are also 3D re-imaginations of key places in her life, including her childhood Brooklyn apartment, where visitors can flip through the Nancy Drew books she loved as a girl and get a feel for her Jewish upbringing, and the kitchen of the home she shared with Marty, featuring some of his favorite recipes and utensils. Visitors can visit the desk in her chambers, view the 2018-19 Supreme Court calendar and cases to be heard, then dress up in a robe and jabot. An upcoming virtual event is a “Lunch & Learn” program at noon (CT) Thursday, October 29, regarding the book, “Sisters in Law: How Sandra Day O’Connor and Ruth Bader Ginsburg Went to the Supreme Court and Changed the World.” The relationship between O’Connor and Ginsburg, the first and second women on the nation’s highest court, transcends party, religion, region and culture. Strengthened by each other’s presence, they transformed the Constitution and America itself. Linda R. Hirshman, author of the New York Times and Washington Post bestselling book, will share revealing stories of how these trailblazers fought battles in a male-dominated profession that ultimately benefited every American woman. The program is free to the public, but registration is required at: https://bit.ly/2FACAjs For inspiration on how you can #BeLikeRBG, you can download a toolkit at the museum website: www.ilholocaustmuseum.org. The toolkit lists national and local advocacy organizations focused on women, from workplace fairness to voter education and the eradication of sex trafficking. Located at 9603 Woods Drive, Skokie, the Illinois Holocaust Museum is open Wednesday through Sunday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Thursdays until 8 p.m. Masks are required. Admission to the museum is $15 adults, $10 seniors over 65, $8 students age 1222, $6 age 5-11, but free on Wednesdays throughout 2020. The phone number is 847.9 67.4800. -Suzanne Hanney
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TOP: Ruth Bader as a child, 1935. Collection of the Supreme Court of the United States. CENTER: RBG and Marty travel to Paris, 1988. Courtesy of Justice Ginsburg’s Personal Collection. BOTTOM: Maira Kalman, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, 2009. © Maira Kalman. Courtesy Julie Saul Gallery, New York.
The late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg told Lyric Opera’s Near North Chicago chapter in 2018 that opera was her favorite art form and that she dreamed of being a diva, “but my grade school music teacher rated me a sparrow, not a robin.” Justice Ginsburg nevertheless fulfilled her dreams of appearing onstage in several turns as a “supernumerary,” which is akin to an extra in a movie. One of those appearances was with fellow Justices Anthony Kennedy and Stephen Breyer as the black-robed “Supremes,” or guests of the Prince Orlofsky during a ball scene in the Johann Strauss opera, “The Fledermaus” (The Bat). She had a rare speaking role in November 2016, at age 83, with tenor Lawrence Brownlee in Washington National Opera’s production of “La Fille du Régiment” (The Daughter of the Regiment) as the Duchess of Krakenthorp. The duchess is similar to the comic dowagers in Marx Brothers movies and had been played in the past by comediennes Bea Arthur and Hermione Gingold. The script was altered for Ginsburg so that she was able to say that the best leaders of the House of Krakenthorp had been “persons with open but not empty minds, individuals willing to listen and learn,” according to NPR.org. “Is it any wonder that the most valorous members…have been women?” During the Near North Chapter event in September 2018, Lyric Opera of Chicago General Director, President & CEO Anthony Freud interviewed Ginsburg at the University Club after she shared remarks on the intersection of law and opera. This was the second time that Freud shared a stage with her, the first being a 2012 panel by the Advisory Board for the Arts called "Arias of Law: The Rule of Law at Work in Opera and the Supreme Court." "It was an honor to hear Justice Ginsburg talk about the art form that we all know and love that night," Freud shared, "and to have the opportunity to ask her about her experiences with and thoughts on opera. The intersections between opera and the law are many and varied, and Justice Ginsburg was fascinating in her insights on the subject. Everyone there that evening was taken by her obvious passion for the art and for the artists she's met throughout her remarkable career." Lyric's own Board Chair Sylvia Neil, a distinguished lawyer who has devoted her career to establishing opportunities for women and being a champion for social justice, said that Ginsburg influenced her very much. "As a young lawyer, I was privileged to be present at meetings where Justice Ginsburg was developing her strategies for fighting sex discrimination. She continued to inspire me throughout my own career as an advocate for women's rights. And as an opera lover myself, I embrace her idea that one can find peace and replenishment through performances of great music." TOP: Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg (accompanied by the tenor Lawrence Brownlee) after appearing in the speaking role of the Duchess of Krakenthorp in Donizetti's La Fille du Régiment at Washington National Opera in 2016 (Scott Suchman/Washington National Opera). CENTER & BOTTOM:Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg speaks at a Lyric event at the University Club of Chicago in September 2018 (Matthew Rosenberg)
"Music is one time when my head isn't filled with briefs and opinions, and all that is put on a shelf and I just enjoy, or am thinking about the performance," Ginsburg shared in an interview program at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. Her son, Chicago resident Jim Ginsburg, shares his parents' passion for classical music and is the founder and president of Cedille Records, a classical recording label he launched in 1989 while a student at University of Chicago. The 2018 program with Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Anthony Freud, featuring an introduction from Jim Ginsburg, is available at Lyric’s YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yl0Dv69uTPE
Ruth bader ginsburg --Suzanne Hanney, from Lyric Opera of Chicago and online sources
Chicago's Lyric Opera pays tribute to the passionate opera fan
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