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On the Basis of Sex

May 27, 2019 by Joan Bauk Leave a Comment

On the Basis of Sex Directed by Mimi Leder
Format: DVD
Who it’s for: Adults

Ruth Bader Ginsburg is the second female to become an Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court. There have only been four women in this position in our great country’s history. This in itself is remarkable.

What is also remarkable, as On the Basis of Sex highlights, is the fact that Ruth Bader Ginsburg was one of the only women in her law school class at Harvard. Before starting law school, Ginsburg earned a bachelor’s degree from Cornell University and became a wife and mother. Ginsburg’s husband Martin, also attended Harvard Law School (in a class ahead of hers) and became ill during his final year. While Martin Ginsburg recovered from his illness, Ruth attended her husband’s classes, as well as her own, and helped him study so that he could earn his law school degree. When he graduated and took a job in New York City, Ruth Ginsburg transferred to Columbia Law School and earned her law degree there.

Having trouble landing a job in early 1960’s New York, in a male dominated profession, Ruth turned to academia. What is remarkable here is that Ruth did not give up. She became a professor at Rutgers Law School and Columbia Law School where she was a strong supporter of women’s rights and gender equality.

On the Basis of Sex, tells this small portion of Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s professional story. The movie highlights her strength of character as she fights to end not “sex” discrimination, but the more favorable term “gender” discrimination. The movie presents a strong woman role model, but also reveals how much Ruth’s husband Martin loved her and supported her career.  As a supportive married couple, the Ginsburgs were an important part of our country’s legal history.  This is an excellent movie! Find it on DVD.

 

Filed Under: Recommended for Adults Tagged With: Historical, Legal History, Motivational, Women in History

An Invisible Thread, The True Story of an 11-year-old Panhandler, a Busy Sales Executive, and an Unlikely Meeting with Destiny

May 28, 2018 by Joan Bauk Leave a Comment

 

An Invisible Thread, The True Story of an 11-year-old Panhandler, a Busy Sales Executive, and an Unlikely Meeting with Destiny
By: Laura Schroff and Alex Tresniowski
Format: Book, Hoopla
Who it’s for: Adults

An Invisible Thread is a true story written by Laura Schroff, in which she recounts the unexpected friendship that she made with an eleven year old boy on the busy streets of New York.  As a person who usually reads historical fiction, I chose to read this book because a patron told me how great it was as she placed it in the book return.  She said it with such feeling, I had to grab the book and read it myself.

In 1986, Laura Schroff was a busy advertising executive living in Manhattan.  Maurice Mazyck was an undernourished, homeless boy living two blocks away.  This book is a personal memoir of Laura’s life with the story of Maurice’s life intertwined.  It is also the story of a relationship that has spanned over thirty years because a woman was not afraid to reach out to a young stranger.

I like this book because Laura Schroff doesn’t sugarcoat anything.  There are parts of the book where you want to cry for Laura, for Maurice, and for the bad things that life throws their way.  But Laura’s story also reveals that life can be good when you show compassion towards others and never stop believing in them.

Find it in the catalog.

Filed Under: Recommended for Adults Tagged With: Friendship, Inspirational, Motivational, New York Times Best Seller, Personal Memoir, Self-Help, True Stories

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