Sonia Sotomayor
Brigid Gallagher
- Reading
- Read together and trace the milestones from childhood through education and legal work; pause to consider which experiences the book presents as important to her career.
- Themes
- Education and public career: The book connects Sotomayor’s education with her legal and public career. Its biographical structure connects stages of education and professional life with her rise to a senior judicial role.
- Women’s ambitions: The book considers how life has changed for women with ambitions like Sotomayor’s. The book raises how life has changed for women with ambitions like Sotomayor’s.
- Worth knowing
- Notice how the book connects Sotomayor’s ambitions with changes in life for women pursuing similar goals.