Ruth Bader Ginsburg Hails Groundswell of Ordinary People Fighting for Women's Equality at DVF Awards
While the 2020 Democratic candidates duked it out on stage in Wednesday night in the race to the White House, a different kind of politicking was taking place about two miles from the countrys highest office.
The likes of supermodel Karlie Kloss, Hillary Clinton, and actress Lana Condor were all seated in the Library of Congress Great Halla room of delicately carved white marble and intricately painted ceilingsto honor Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg at the 11th annual DVF (Diane von Fürstenberg) Awards.
Before sculpted and bronze-molded busts of Americas Founding Fathers, attendees seated on white leather loveseats quietly listened to the Supreme Court Justicethe recipient of the Lifetime Leadership DVF Awardtalk about her fight for gender equity.
Im most grateful to have been alive and a lawyer when it was possible to fight for equal stature before the court, Ginsburg told the audience. She also said that a a groundswell of ordinary people, or various plaintiffs in landmark court cases, have led the fight for womens equal rights throughout the years.
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