Teri Kanefield > Quotes

“later she credited the Nancy Drew series with planting the idea that a girl could be an adventurer who thought for herself,”
― Teri Kanefield, Free to Be Ruth Bader Ginsburg: The Story of Women and Law

“chapter one   When the plane ran into trouble, it was over the Atlantic Ocean just south of Iceland. The Knights of the Square Table, the ninth-grade San Francisco all-star chess team, were sitting toward the middle of the plane. The three girls, Natalie, Cindy, and Alexis, sat together. Natalie was in the middle, Cindy was by the window, and Alexis was on the aisle. The guys—George, Liam, and Spider—were in the row ahead. The team was heading home after spending eight days in Europe for the International Youth Chess Championship. At the first lurch, when the plane tipped sideways, Natalie gripped the armrest so hard her fingers hurt. As if that would help one bit in an actual plane crash. A small child toward the front shrieked, “We’re frashing! We’re frashing!” “Oh, my God!” someone shouted. “Everyone needs to keep calm,” Cindy said in a small, squeaky voice. “Yeah, right!” Spider said. Spider’s real name was Michael, but nobody except his parents called him that. “Michael”
― Teri Kanefield, Knights of the Square Table

“name was Look Here. He”
― Teri Kanefield, Look Here, Hercules

“She wanted to teach the justices that the very notion of “sugar and spice and everything nice” limited the opportunities and aspirations of their daughters. One way to do that was to show how seemingly benign gender classifications harmed men as well as women.”
― Teri Kanefield, Free to Be Ruth Bader Ginsburg: The Story of Women and Law

“Ruth’s soon-to-be mother-in-law gave her advice about how to have a happy marriage. Just before the ceremony, Evelyn sat her down and said, “Ruth, remember in every good marriage it helps to be a little hard of hearing.”14 She then presented Ruth with a pair of earplugs. Ruth said that whereas she didn’t particularly need those earplugs in her marriage, they definitely came in handy later with law faculty colleagues.”
― Teri Kanefield, Free to Be Ruth Bader Ginsburg: The Story of Women and Law

“Confederates called Lincoln a dictator and fanatic who must be stopped by any means, including 'revolution or private assassination.”
― Teri Kanefield, Abraham Lincoln: The Making of America #3

“Only those who attempt the absurd can achieve the impossible. —Albert Einstein  ”
― Teri Kanefield, Knights of the Square Table

“become lawful in all the States, old as well as new—North as well as South.”
― Teri Kanefield, Abraham Lincoln: The Making of America #3