Throughout her life, Ginsburg has worked to ensure that women like her mother are not limited by their sex and have all the access to education, work, and success that men do.Īt Cornell, chosen by her family in part because it promised an advantageous marriage (in the 1950s, the school enrolled four male students for every woman), Ginsburg again proved her academic potential-and began what would become one of the most distinguished law careers of the 20th century.
Ginsburg often says that her mother was the most intelligent person she ever knew, and that if she had had the opportunity, she could have accomplished as much as Ginsburg herself eventually would. 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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