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Congrats, you've got tape! Now let’s figure out where the story is hiding in that mountain of material, and how to shape it so your listeners listen like their lives depend on it. Presented by Molly Webster, features producer at Radiolab.
Congrats, you've got tape! Now let’s figure out where the story is hiding in that mountain of material, and how to shape it so your listeners listen like their lives depend on it. Presented by Molly Webster, features producer at Radiolab.
![[Radiolab Presents: More Perfect] How a battle in the struggle for gender equality was won with beer](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/jN6Ro_cw7rE/mqdefault.jpg "[Radiolab Presents: More Perfect] How a battle in the struggle for gender equality was won with beer
“Equal protection of the laws” was granted to all persons by the 14th Amendment in 1868. But for nearly a century after that, women had a hard time convincing the courts that they should be allowed to be jurors, lawyers, and bartenders, just the same as men. A then-lawyer at the ACLU named Ruth Bader Ginsburg set out to convince an all-male Supreme Court to take sex discrimination seriously with an unconventional strategy. She didn’t just bring cases where women were the victims of discrimination; she also brought cases where men were the victims. In this episode, we look at how a key battle for gender equality was won with frat boys and beer.
Radiolab Presents: More Perfect is a podcast from WNYC Studios. Full episodes are available at moreperfectpodcast.org and wherever you get your podcasts.")
