RBG early career by Haruka Yamano

She went to Harvard University (1956)

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Hardships she faced in university

Earned her bachelor's degree in government from Cornell University (1954)

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Her husband was stricken with cancer during her first year of law school (1956)

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Husbands cancer during her first year in university

Married when she was 21 (1954 June)

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about her marriage

Had her first child, Jane (1955)

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Employed at Rutgers Law School (1963)

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Participated in an equal pay campaign with other women when she discovered that her salary was less than that of her male colleagues; they received substantial increases in pay.

Became the first female member of the prestigious Harvard Law Review (1956-1958)

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Clerked for U.S. District Judge Edmund L. Palmieri (1959~1961)

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Story behind Clerking

Founded the ACLU Women’s Rights Projects (1972)

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Taught at Columbia Law School (1972~1980)

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https://www.law.columbia.edu/news/archive/memoriam-ruth-bader-ginsburg-59

She also became the first woman to be granted tenure (earned a special status) at Columbia Law School in 1972.

President Carter appointed Ginsburg to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia (1980)

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https://www.supremecourt.gov/about/biographyginsburg.aspx

Traveled to Sweden for a legal research project (1962)

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https://theworld.org/stories/2020-09-21/rbg-s-early-days-sweden-shaped-her-fight-women-s-equality

interview of Karin Maria Bruzelius, a former justice on the Supreme Court of Norway and associate of RBG

Joined the ACLU Equality Committee

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She was a strong supporter and promoter of the Equal Rights Amendment (insisted that the equality of rights under the law not be denied or abridged based on a person’s sex).

Authored the brief Reed v. Reed that recognized sex discrimination as a violation of the Constitution (1971)

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This also lead to the extension of the Equal Protection Clause to women (mandates that individuals in similar circumstances be treated equally under the law).

Argued for Frontiero v. Richardson that advocated for scrutiny regarding gender discrimination (1973)

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Moves to New York and transfers to Columbia Law School and graduates, tied for first place in her class (1958~1959)

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Argued for Weinberger v. Wiesenfeld that ensured proper social security benefits for widowed parents regardless of their gender (1975)

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Widowed fathers were previously denied social security benefits.

Argued in the case of General Electric Co. v. Gilbert which lead to the passing of the Pregnancy Discrimination Act that prohibited any discrimination regarding pregnant persons and employment (1976)

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Colleague: Brenda Feigen

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Her colleague Feigen expressed great respect for Ginsburg after she argued for Frontiero v. Richardson:

"It was brilliant. I've never heard an oral argument as unbelievably cogent as hers. Not a single Justice asked a single question; I think they were mesmerized by her.”

Wrote to Representative Don Edwards in support of an equal rights amendment. She argued that the Women's Equality Act of 1971 should not be substituted for the Equal Rights Amendment

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