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 country’s highest office.

The likes of supermodel Karlie Kloss, Hillary Clinton, and actress Lana Condor were all seated in the Library of Congress’ Great Hall—a room of delicately carved white marble and intricately painted ceilings—to honor Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg at the 11th annual DVF (Diane von Fürstenberg) Awards.

Before sculpted and bronze-molded busts of America’s Founding Fathers, attendees seated on white leather loveseats quietly listened to the Supreme Court Justice—the recipient of the Lifetime Leadership DVF Award—talk about her fight for gender equity.

“I’m 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 women’s equal rights throughout the years.

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