In 1959, Ginsburg graduated with her law degree and came first in her class at Columbia Law School. Ginsburg achieved excellent academic results at law school, however, did not complete her law degree at Harvard and transferred to Columbia Law School in New York, after her husband had to relocate for a job at a New York law firm. A year after her birth, she enrolled in Harvard Law School to pursue her dreams of becoming a lawyer - she was one of nine women in a class of 500 men. In 1955, at the age of 21, Ginsburg fell pregnant and gave birth to her daughter - Jane Ginsburg. In 1954, after graduating from Cornell University with her bachelor’s degree, she married Martin and moved to Oklahoma. Ginsburg enrolled at Cornell University, New York, where she met Martin David Ginsburg - her husband. Sadly, Cecelia did not get to see her daughter graduate from high school, as she died from cancer the day before her high school graduation when Ginsburg was just 15 years old. Ginsburg was always a brilliant student who worked diligently and achieved excellent academic results, with her mother being a great influence in her educational accomplishments, she taught her the importance of education. During her teenage years, she attended a Jewish Summer Program known as “Camp Che-Na-Wah,” where she served as a camp counselor until the age of 18.

Marylin gave Ginsburg the family nickname, ‘Kiki.’ Born into a Jewish family, the Bader’s belonged to the East Midwood Jewish Center where she became more familiar with the Jewish faith and Hebrew language. Ginsburg had one older sister, Marylin, who passed away at the young age of six when she was only a few months old. Born as Joan Ruth Bader in Brooklyn, New York, on March 15, 1933, she was the second daughter to her parents Nathan and Cecelia Bader.

Joan Ruth Bader Ginsburg, commonly known as the ‘Notorious RBG’ for her transformational advocacy on gender equality, was a role model to many young women - especially those who have pursued the legal profession.

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