A collection of biographies of Jewish female role models--selected in collaboration with Ruth Bader Ginsburg and including an introduction written by the Supreme Court justice.

Introduction by RBG -- Ruth Bader Ginsburg -- Biblical times. Miriam ; Yocheved ; Batya ; Shifra and Puah ; Deborah -- Ancient Israel. Salome Alexandra -- Sixteenth century. Gracia Mendes Nasi -- Seventeenth century. Glückel of Hameln -- Eighteenth century. Rebecca Gratz -- Nineteenth century. Ernestine Rose ; Fanny Mendelssohn ; Emma Lazarus ; Lillian Wald ; Emmy Noether ; Rose Schneiderman ; Sarah Schenirer ; Henrietta Szold ; Florence Prag Kahn ; Golda Meir ; Gertrude Berg -- Twentieth century. Regina Jonas ; Rita Levi-Montalcini ; Bessie Margolin ; Bella Abzug ; Rosalind Franklin ; Betty Friedan ; Nadine Gordimer ; Muriel Faye Siebert ; Anne Frank ; Roberta Peters ; Judy Resnick -- A call to action.