Julia Longoria

Because when legislatures would come up with these laws, like this women can't be bartenders law, the Supreme Court would be like, you know... You guys probably have a good reason for that.

Because when legislatures would come up with these laws, like this women can't be bartenders law, the Supreme Court would be like, you know... You guys probably have a good reason for that.

Because when legislatures would come up with these laws, like this women can't be bartenders law, the Supreme Court would be like, you know... You guys probably have a good reason for that.

Like in the case of the bartender's law, bars are dangerous. Women need more protection. And courts would be like, OK, sure. So RBG needed a way to convince the court to be as intense about sex discrimination as they were about race discrimination. But how do you convince an audience of men who are used to discriminating on the basis of sex, who've been doing it for years?

Like in the case of the bartender's law, bars are dangerous. Women need more protection. And courts would be like, OK, sure. So RBG needed a way to convince the court to be as intense about sex discrimination as they were about race discrimination. But how do you convince an audience of men who are used to discriminating on the basis of sex, who've been doing it for years?

Like in the case of the bartender's law, bars are dangerous. Women need more protection. And courts would be like, OK, sure. So RBG needed a way to convince the court to be as intense about sex discrimination as they were about race discrimination. But how do you convince an audience of men who are used to discriminating on the basis of sex, who've been doing it for years?

How do you convince them that discrimination is a bad thing?

How do you convince them that discrimination is a bad thing?

How do you convince them that discrimination is a bad thing?

This is her giving a recent talk about her 1970s strategy.

This is her giving a recent talk about her 1970s strategy.

This is her giving a recent talk about her 1970s strategy.

Because you know, the word sex has a charge to it. Gender is cooler. And part two of her strategy, choose your cases carefully. This is all happening in the 70s when RBG is the head of the ACLU Women's Rights Project. So she's deciding which kinds of cases the ACLU is going to support as they make their way to an all-male Supreme Court.

Because you know, the word sex has a charge to it. Gender is cooler. And part two of her strategy, choose your cases carefully. This is all happening in the 70s when RBG is the head of the ACLU Women's Rights Project. So she's deciding which kinds of cases the ACLU is going to support as they make their way to an all-male Supreme Court.

Because you know, the word sex has a charge to it. Gender is cooler. And part two of her strategy, choose your cases carefully. This is all happening in the 70s when RBG is the head of the ACLU Women's Rights Project. So she's deciding which kinds of cases the ACLU is going to support as they make their way to an all-male Supreme Court.

And her strategy was, if we live in a man's world right now, we need to find cases that nine men at this moment can handle.

And her strategy was, if we live in a man's world right now, we need to find cases that nine men at this moment can handle.

And her strategy was, if we live in a man's world right now, we need to find cases that nine men at this moment can handle.

is the right approach. She said, first, we need to go after that small and insidious idea that the Supreme Court had been keeping alive for years.

is the right approach. She said, first, we need to go after that small and insidious idea that the Supreme Court had been keeping alive for years.