RBG’s Brave and Brilliant Women by Nadine Epstein - AVERAGE

RBG’s Brave and Brilliant Women: 33 Jewish Women to Inspire Everyone by Nadine Epstein, 197 pages. NONFICTION. SHORT STORIES. Delacorte Press (Random House), 2021. $17.

Language: G (0 swears, 0 “f”); Mature Content: G; Violence: G

BUYING ADVISORY: MS, HS - OPTIONAL

AUDIENCE APPEAL: AVERAGE

Ruth Bader Ginsburg (RBG) and Nadine Epstein had a conversation about how important women are and about the Jewish women that RBG admired. The 33 women that RBG looked up to were writers and politicians, mothers and scientists that all had something in common: they stood up against social norms to fight against discrimination.

I love the range of women that are illustrated in this book; they vary in the times and places they lived as well as in their home lives and careers and the length of their lives. Each of these short biographies talk about who they are as people, their hobbies and passions and families, helping readers to see them as more than simply their lists of accomplishments. Readers are encouraged to do what they can to stand on the shoulders of these great women and remember that you can accomplish great things, too.

Reviewer: Carolina Herdegen