I Dissent

This book is important, and briefly introduces to (young) audiences the life of an important woman.
I understand the title and theme of the book, but do wish that they also talked about how she agreed, her value of unity, how one can dissent or disagree in a manner that is respectful and in a way that uses reasoning.
I understand that it is a children's book, but I would hate for one to read this to a young child and the take away to be “she's famous for disagreeing” or “it's ok for me to scream no”.

I also would have appreciated the use of the word woman, rather than girl after a certain point. Girls, more often than not, do not go to college, women do.

All I knew about Ruth Bader Ginsburg is that she is a BOSS and after reading this I can see why! She has faced incredible odds against her and has made incredible strides for equality. This was a short book but I enjoyed reading about her childhood, what the society norm was when she was growing up, what she did for her education, family, and career. She is an inspiration! This book was short but covered and touched on a lot of information really well. There is more information of her on the back of the book along with a list of references used to write the book. The illustrations are really amazing and I would love it if there was a poster I could buy. ~Ashley