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R UT H BA D ER GINSBU R G: THE DIARY OF A YOUNG GIRL
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uth Bader Ginsburg is dope. She’s served on the Supreme Court and has been for 25 years. She fights for gender equality and is a symbol for women empowerment. Here are some of the coolest things she’s done: Ginsburg graduated top of her class at Columbia University, so already you know this lady is smart. Her first couple years were spent at Harvard and—get this—she was one of nine females in a class of 500. Ginsburg is quoted as saying, “The entering class I joined in 1956 included just nine women, up from five in the then second-year class, and only one African American. All professors, in those now ancient days, were of the same race and sex.” You can only imagine how crazy that must have been (or
you can watch the movie so you don’t have to imagine.) While she was at Harvard, the dean allegedly chastised the women, asking them how they felt justified in taking a man’s spot in the class. Yikes. Ginsburg constantly had to fight to gain her rightful place. Even after she graduated, she struggled to find a job because most law firms weren’t hiring female lawyers. After searching and searching, she finally found a job, though not by her own means. One of her mentors threatened to stop sending clerks to a judge’s office unless he hired Ginsburg. Ginsburg continued to fight against discrimination in every job she held. She became the first female tenured professor at Columbia. She was on the road to breaking norms!
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