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Coffee Break: Feminist icons

Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg -- here in her chambers during a 2019 interview with NPR's Nina Totenberg -- died on Friday, Sept. 18, 2020 at the age of 87.
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg -- here in her chambers during a 2019 interview with NPR's Nina Totenberg -- died on Friday, Sept. 18, 2020 at the age of 87.Shuran Huang | NPR

by Jill Riley and Anna Weggel

September 23, 2020

Thousands of people are expected to gather outside the Supreme court today to pay their respects to Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who served on the nation's highest court for 27 years, fighting for gender equality and racial justice.

There will be a private ceremony today in the court's Great Hall, then her casket will be moved outside the building to the top of the court's front steps so that public mourners can pay their respects (safely, from a distance).

So for today's 9:30 Coffee Break, what feminist icons - past and present - do you want to hear in honor of the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg?

Respond with your song ideas in the comments below.

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Songs played

Suzi Quatro - Devil Gate Drive
Gossip - Heavy Cross
Stevie Nicks - Edge of Seventeen
Bikini Kill - Rebel Girl
Siouxsie and The Banshees - Spellbound
Brandi Carlile - Fulton County Jane Doe
Beyonce - Freedom feat. Kendrick Lamar