You are invited to an intimate conversatio n with Nina Totenberg as she talks about her nearly fifty-year friendship with Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and her book Dinners With R uth: A Memoir on the Power of Friendships. \;
\nFour years befor e Nina Totenberg was hired at NPR\, where she cemented her legacy as a pri zewinning reporter\, and nearly twenty-two years before Ruth Bader Ginsbur g was appointed to the Supreme Court\, Nina called Ruth. A reporter for&nb sp\;The National Observer\, Nina was curious about Ruth&rsquo\;s legal brief\, asking the Supreme Court to do something to declare law that discriminated &ldquo\;on the basis of sex&rdquo\; to be unconstitutional. In a time when women were fired for becoming pregnant\, often could not a pply for credit cards or get a mortgage in their own names\, Ruth patientl y explained her argument. That call launched a remarkable\, nearly fifty-y ear friendship. \;
\nDinners with Ruth is an extraordinary accou nt of two women who paved the way for future generations by tearing down p rofessional and legal barriers. It is also an intimate memoir of the power of friendships as women began to pry open career doors and transform the workplace. At the story&rsquo\;s heart is one\, special Ruth and Nina saw each other not only through personal joys\, but also illness\, loss\, and widowhood. During the devastating illness and eventual death of Nina&rsquo \;s first husband\, Ruth drew her out of grief\; twelve years later\, Nina would reciprocate when Ruth&rsquo\;s beloved husband died. They shared no t only a love of opera\, but also of shopping\, as they instinctively unde rstood that clothes were armor for women who wanted to be taken seriously in a workplace dominated by men. During Ruth&rsquo\;s last year\, they sha red so many small dinners that Saturdays were &ldquo\;reserved for Ruth&rd quo\; in Nina&rsquo\;s house. Dinners with Ruth also weaves together compe lling\, personal portraits of other fascinating women and men from Nina&rs quo\;s life\, including her cherished NPR colleagues Cokie Roberts and Lin da Wertheimer\; her beloved husbands\; her friendships with multiple Supre me Court Justices\, including Lewis Powell\, William Brennan\, and Antonin Scalia\, and Nina&rsquo\;s own family&mdash\;her father\, the legendary v iolinist Roman Totenberg\, and her &ldquo\;best friends\,&rdquo\; her sist ers. \;
\nCelebrated NPR correspondent Nina Totenberg d elivers an extraordinary memoir of her personal successes\, struggles\, an d life-affirming relationships. Inspiring and revelatory\, Dinners with Ru th is a moving story of the joy and true meaning of friendship. \;
\nAbout the Author: \;NINA TOTENBERG is \; NPR&rsquo\;s award-winning legal affairs correspondent. She appears o n \;NPR&rsquo\;s critically acclaimed news magazines \;All Thi ngs Considered\, \;Morning Edition\, and \;Weeke nd Edition\, and on \;NPR \;podcasts\, including&nbs p\;The NPR Politics Podcast \;and its series\, &ldquo\;The Do cket.&rdquo\; Totenberg&rsquo\;s Supreme Court and legal coverage has won her every major journalism award in broadcasting. Recognized seven times b y the American Bar Association for continued excellence in legal reporting \, she has received more than two dozen honorary degrees. A frequent TV co ntributor\, she writes for major newspapers\, magazines\, and law reviews.
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