The Notorious RBG inspired many, but she often spoke of an activist who inspired her:
The Notorious RBG inspired many, but she often spoke of an activist who inspired her: Pauli Murray, who advocated for civil rights, women's rights, and LGBTQIA+ rights. Murray is the focus our #ThemeTuesdays, as Murray* engaged in numerous intersectional DEBATES in the right for equality in the US. Ginsburg spoke often about the role that Murray played early in her career -- in fact, she credits Murray with the legal strategy used in her famous legal case to persuade the Supreme Court to bar sex discrimination. Murray did so by suggesting they apply the Fourteenth Amendment's Equal Protect Clause to gender. Ginsburg wrote the brief herself but listed Pauli Murray, and ACLU colleague, Dorothy Kenyon, in order to highlight their contributions. Who was Pauli Murray? Murray was the first Black person to earn a law degree from Yale Law School. Murray was a founder of the National Organization for Women, and the "first Black person perceived as a woman to be ordained an Episc...