This woman is my hero and I’m happy to see her receive this award (not the first she’s received, of course).
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is the 2019 winner of the Berggruen Prize for Culture and Philosophy, a $1 million award given annually to a “thinker whose ideas are shaping human self-understanding to advance humankind.”
Ginsburg was lauded by the jury that chose her “for her work in pioneering gender equality and strengthening the rule of law.”
The prize recognized not only Ginsburg’s 26 years on the Supreme Court, but her work as an advocate for women’s rights. As a lawyer at the American Civil Liberties Union, Ginsburg quarterbacked a team of lawyers that brought six cases before the Supreme Court in the 1970s and helped establish that the constitutional guarantee of equal protection applied not only to racial minorities but to women as well.
Ginsburg wins Berggruen Prize for ‘thinker’ whose ideas changed society
There are, of course, lots more articles about this. Here’s the NYT:
Ruth Bader Ginsburg Wins $1 Million Berggruen Prize
And at the Berggruen Institute itself:
Annual Berggruen Prize for Philosophy & Culture Awarded to U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg for Her Work in Pioneering Gender Equality and Strengthening the Rule of Law
Legal Scholar, Judge and Advocate Whose Work Provided a New Era of Vital Philosophical Ideas to Fruition; Extending Women’s Rights and Human Rights Rooted in Ethical Principles
Updated to add this fantastic article about her that I just found:
15 Things You Should Know About Ruth Bader Ginsburg