Throughout her legal career spanning nearly five decades Ruth Bader Ginsburg has been an unwavering force for progress and a leading voice for equality and justice. With a disarming honesty, Ginsburg discusses everything from gender equality and fitness to literature and the importance of hard work. • The inimitable Ruth Bader Ginsburg, an associate justice of the US Supreme Court, embodies the power of persistence and integrity. • Here, she reflects on her many years of service to the law, as well as her family life and struggle with cancer.