![]() ![]() ![]() Ginsburg’s mother, Celia Bader, though she died the day before her daughter graduated from high school, had a lasting influence on Ginsburg’s life and work. Under her mother’s encouragement-and discipline-she excelled in school and became an avid reader, talents that led her to Cornell upon her high school graduation. Joan Ruth Bader (her name was later changed to distinguish her from other girls named Joan in school) was born in Brooklyn in 1933, the daughter and granddaughter of Jewish immigrants to the United States. From Brooklyn to the bench, she has left a big footprint for someone who stands just over five feet tall. Both men and women have benefited enormously from her decades of advocacy for equal rights for all people, regardless of sex, income, race, or any of the other accidents of birth that have historically tended to determine one’s status in US society. ![]() JUSTICE R UTH B ADER G INSBURG deserves all the notoriety she gets. ![]()
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