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RBG Imparted This To Plaintiff In Gender Equality Case: ‘It’s All Right To Be A Hero’
By Abe Selby
December 18, 2020
Sharron Frontiero was a young lieutenant in the Air Force when she first filed a lawsuit against the federal government on the basis of sex. It later came to the attention of a young Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who signed onto the case in 1972, setting up her first appearance before the U.S. Supreme Court.
Frontiero, now Sharron Cohen, was the plaintiff in