The Notorious RBG: Your Guide To Everything Ruth Bader Ginsburg

To remind you that Ruth is here to fight for you, check out some of our favorite quotes of hers: Ruth said, in the case of fair pay, that the Supreme Court majority "does not comprehend, or is indifferent to, the insidious way in which women can be victims of pay discrimination." #PREACH On why gay marriage should be legal: "I think that as more and more people came out and said that ‘this is who I am,’ the rest of us recognized that they are one of us." #truth On discrimination against women: "Yes, there are blind spots, but in time they will go." #wisdom On what gender equality means: "I said on the equality side of it, that it is essential to a woman’s equality with man that she be the decision-maker, that her choice be controlling. If you impose restraints, you are disadvantaging her because of her sex…. The state controlling a woman would mean denying her full autonomy and full equality." On teaching equality: "I – try to teach through my opinions, through my speeches, how wrong it is to judge people on the basis of what they look like, color of their skin, whether they’re men or women." On what being a feminist means: "Feminism … I think the simplest explanation, and one that captures the idea, is a song that Marlo Thomas sang, 'Free to be You and Me.' Free to be, if you were a girl—doctor, lawyer, Indian chief. Anything you want to be. And if you’re a boy, and you like teaching, you like nursing, you would like to have a doll, that’s OK too. That notion that we should each be free to develop our own talents, whatever they may be, and not be held back by artificial barriers—manmade barriers, certainly not heaven sent." [Photo via @m_kaish_esq]