Nina Totenberg talks about her nearly fift y-year friendship with Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and her b ook Dinners With Ruth: A Memoir on the Power of Friendships. \;
\nFour years before Nina Totenberg was hired at NPR\, where she c emented her legacy as a prizewinning reporter. Nearly twenty-two years bef ore Ruth Bader Ginsburg was appointed to the Supreme Court\, Nina called R uth. A reporter for \;The National Observer\, Nina was curiou s about Ruth&rsquo\;s legal brief\, asking the Supreme Court to declare la w that discriminated &ldquo\;on the basis of sex&rdquo\; to be unconstitut ional. In a time when women were fired for becoming pregnant\, often could not apply for credit cards or get a mortgage in their own names\, Ruth pa tiently explained her argument. That call launched a remarkable\, nearly f ifty-year friendship. \;
\nDinners with Ruth is an extr aordinary account of two women who paved the way for future generations by tearing down professional and legal barriers. It is also an intimate memo ir of the power of friendships as women began to pry open career doors and transform the workplace. During Ruth&rsquo\;s last year\, they shared so many small dinners that Saturdays were &ldquo\;reserved for Ruth&rdquo\; i n Nina&rsquo\;s house. Dinners with Ruth also weaves together com pelling\, personal portraits of other fascinating women and men from Nina& rsquo\;s life\, including her cherished NPR colleagues Cokie Roberts and L inda Wertheimer\; her beloved husbands\; her friendships with multiple Sup reme Court Justices\, including Lewis Powell\, William Brennan\, and Anton in Scalia\, and Nina&rsquo\;s own family&mdash\;her father\, the legendary violinist Roman Totenberg\, and her &ldquo\;best friends\,&rdquo\; her si sters. \;
\nNina Totenberg is \;NPR&rsquo\;s award-winning l egal affairs correspondent. She appears on \;NPR&rsquo\;s critically a cclaimed news magazines \;All Things Considered\, \;M orning Edition\, and \;Weekend Edition\, and on \;NP R \;podcasts\, including \;The NPR Politics Podcast \ ;and its series\, &ldquo\;The Docket.&rdquo\; Totenberg&rsquo\;s Supreme C ourt and legal coverage has won her every major journalism award in broadc asting. Recognized seven times by the American Bar Association for continu ed excellence in legal reporting\, she has received more than two dozen ho norary degrees. A frequent TV contributor\, she writes for major newspaper s\, magazines\, and law reviews.
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