Ruth Bader Ginsburg

If, back in 1960, someone had offered you money on a young Jewish law graduate by the name of Ruth Bader Ginsburg one day becoming not only a Justice of the Supreme Court, but an icon of popular culture, they would surely have been long odds. Trying to land a position at a law firm in Men-era New York, it seemed her talent, stellar grades and unparalleled work ethic were simply no match for institutional sexism. This was, after all, a time in which women could aspire to be paralegals, but not , a time when the dean of Harvard Law School could still ask Ginsburg why she was at Harvard, taking the place of a man. It was a time before… well, before Ruth Bader Ginsburg. What’s more, with her sober, quiet, industrious demeanour, nor was she anyone’s idea of celebrity material. And yet fast forward a little more than half, eviscerating conservative targets with “Ginsburns”. You’ll find Deadpool considering her for a place on his super-hero X-Force. And she will be known everywhere simply as “RBG”, feminist icon and darling of the left.