For those of us dedicated to gender equality at work and at home, here are five RBG qualities worth emulating. This diminutive (she’s 5’1”) warrior rose to the top of the legal profession despite enormous odds, and we can learn a lot from the way she has lived her life and devoted herself to a career that has literally changed the path for women in the United States. ( My own 10-year-old daughter wears a sweatshirt that says "The Supremes" with the faces of all the historical and current women Supreme Court justices on it.) Bader Ginsburg has earned the nickname “Notorious RBG” for her relentless pursuit of social justice and for her fiery dissenting opinions on a court that can tilt toward conservative decisions. Yet her well-known face appears on coffee mugs and T-shirts, and every liberal-progressive wants to take a selfie with her. At 85-years-old, Bader Ginsburg is an unlikely cultural icon: She’s highly intellectual and incredibly hardworking, soft-spoken and subversively powerful.
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