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Lady Justice

Women, the Law, and the Battle to Save America

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Lady Justice

By: Dahlia Lithwick
Narrated by: Dahlia Lithwick
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Winner of the LA Times Book Prize in Current Interest

An instant New York Times Bestseller!

“Stirring . . . Lithwick’s approach, interweaving interviews with legal commentary, allows her subjects to shine...Inspiring.”
New York Times Book Review

“In Dahlia Lithwick’s urgent, engaging Lady Justice, Dobbs serves as a devastating bookend to a story that begins in hope.” Boston Globe


Dahlia Lithwick, one of the nation’s foremost legal commentators, tells the gripping and heroic story of the women lawyers who fought the racism, sexism, and xenophobia of Donald Trump’s presidency—and won


In the immediate aftershocks of Donald Trump’s victory over Hilary Clinton in 2016, women lawyers across the country, independently of one another, sprang into action. They were determined not to stand by while the Republican party did everything in their power to pursue devastating and often retrograde policies.

In Lady Justice, Dahlia Lithwick, one of the nation’s foremost legal commentators, illuminates these many heroes of the Trump years. From Sally Yates and Becca Heller, who fought the Muslim travel ban, to Roberta Kaplan, who sued the neo-Nazis in Charlottesville, to Stacey Abrams, who worked to protect the voting rights of millions of Georgians, Lithwick dramatizes in thrilling detail the women lawyers who worked tirelessly to hold the line against the most chaotic presidency in living memory.

A celebration of the legal ingenuity and indefatigable spirit of the women whose work all too often went unrecognized at the time, Lady Justice is destined to be treasured and passed from hand to hand for generations to come.
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It is no surprise to me that Dahlia Lithwick has written such a brilliant book on women and the law in the US.
This is a fascinating insight into women who have worked for equal justice and civil rights in the USA for many years. The bravery and tenacity of these women is inspiring and uplifting. Thank you Dahlia for a wonderful read/listen!

Brilliant!

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A compelling review on the last four years and some new thinking. Dalia Lithwick is an accomplished legal journalist whose experience is embedded in this work.

A must read

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