Linda Hirshman

Linda Hirshman, JD and PhD (Philosophy) is the author of several books about social change movements, most recently, “Sisters in Law: How Sandra Day O’Connor and Ruth Bader Ginsburg Went to the Supreme Court and Changed the World” (NYT and WaPo bestseller) and, previously, “Victory: The Triumphant Gay Revolution.” She is at work at present on a book about abolition, “Black and White: How William Lloyd Garrison and Frederick Douglass Defeated the Slave Empire.”

Linda was for many years a union side labor lawyer and a law and philosophy professor. When practicing law, she represented clients in three Supreme Court cases, arguing two herself. One win, one loss and one draw (DIG’ed).