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Hong Kong International Literary Festival 2023.

Hong Kong Golden Dragon Books 2022-2023.

“We are at last beginning to relegate to the history books the idea of the token woman. And when government controls that decision for her, she’s being treated as less than a fully adult human responsible for her own choices.” It’s a decision that she must make for herself. “This is something central to a woman’s life, to her dignity.

So that’s the dissenter’s hope: that they are writing not for today, but for tomorrow.” It’s not simply to say, ‘My colleagues are wrong and I would do it this way.’ But the greatest dissents do become court opinions and gradually over time their views become the dominant view. “Fight for the things that you care about, but do it in a way that will lead others to join you.” “Women will have achieved true equality when men share with them the responsibility of bringing up the next generation.” And for her, that meant be your own person, be independent.” “It helps sometimes to be a little deaf (in marriage and in) every workplace, including the good job I have now.” “We are a nation made strong by people like you.” To new citizens at a naturalization ceremony “They have never been a 13-year-old girl.” – After her male colleagues appeared indifferent about a girl’s strip-search by school administratorsģ. But there’d been nine men, and nobody’s ever raised a question about that.” “When I’m sometimes asked ‘When will there be enough (women on the Supreme Court)?’ and my answer is: ‘ When there are nine.’ People are shocked. Here are 10 of her most famous quotes that show her commitment and candor. One lives not just for oneself but for one’s community.” She had good humor about her late-in-life fame, like her rapper-inspired moniker.Ībout her legacy, she said, “To make life a little better for people less fortunate than you, that’s what I think a meaningful life is. She was first a trailblazing attorney for women’s rights, and then the second woman appointed to the high court. The late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg earned her “Notorious RBG.” nickname through decades of fighting for equality, on the bench and off.