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On the basis
of sex!

RUTH BADER GINSBURG

Born in March 1933, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, was
one of the few women in 1956 offered
admission to Harvard Law School. Together
with 500 men and only 9 women, she took
classes in law. As you can imagine, this was a
hard time for Ruth and the other girls. Back
then it was unthinkable for women to study
law. In the acceptance letter that was given to
the women, the statement made by the Dean
of Harvard Law School, demonstrated the
popular point of view of that time.

“Why are you at Harvard

Law School, taking the

place of a man?”

At the beginning of her professional career,

Ruth had difficulties finding employment
mostly because of her sex. In 1972, Ruth co-
founded the Women’s Rights Project at the
American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU). She
participated in over 300 gender discrimination
cases by 1974. Her strategy was to not ask the
court to end all gender discrimination at once,
but taking aim at specific discriminatory
statutes and building on each successive
victory.

Ruth Bader Ginsburg played a very important
role in eliminating gender-based
discrimination in US law. With her
determination and ambition, she managed
Ruth Bader Ginsburg is an American to prove herself in a man's world. At the same
lawyer and Associate time, she has shown that as a feminist you
Justice of the US Supreme Court. don't have to give up family life. Her husband
and her family have always played an
important role in her life.

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