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On Sept. 19, people across the country gathered in front of their local courthouses to mourn the passing of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Locally, a vigil was organized by Owego For Equality, and attended by about 40 people who honored Justice Ginsburg\u2019s memory by sharing stories about her life and her legacy at the Courthouse Square in Owego.  <\/span><\/p>\n

According to one of the organizers, \u201cThe loss of such a monumental feminist icon felt especially tragic coming on the heels of Owego\u2019s beautiful celebration of the women\u2019s suffrage centennial, but the inspirational words shared by those at the vigil offered hope for the future.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ginsburg was born Joan Ruth Bader on March 15, 1933 in New York City. She grew up in Brooklyn, and her family had multiple tragedies during her early life.  Her older sister passed away from meningitis when Ginsburg was a toddler, and her mother passed away from cancer the day before Ginsburg\u2019s high school graduation.  <\/span><\/p>\n

Despite these difficulties, Ginsburg went on to graduate from Cornell University in 1954 with an undergraduate degree in government, and then attended Harvard Law School.  When her husband accepted a job in New York City, Ginsburg transferred to Columbia Law School where she earned her law degree and tied for first in her class.<\/p>\n

After graduating, Ginsburg encountered obstacles because of her gender. Many places did not want to hire a woman, and when she finally attained a position as a professor at Rutgers Law School in 1963, she was informed that she would be paid less than her male colleagues because her husband had a well-paying job. <\/p>\n

She pushed back against such gender based inequality on all fronts throughout her life – not only by fighting for women\u2019s rights, but also by fighting against discrimination towards men. <\/p>\n

In 1970 she co-founded the first law journal to focus exclusively on women\u2019s rights. She later also co-authored the first law school casebook on sex discrimination, and in 1972 Ginsburg co-founded the Women’s Rights Project at the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU).  <\/span><\/p>\n

The case that initially propelled her to fame, however, was about men\u2019s rights.  In Weinberger v. Wiesenfeld, Ruth Bader Ginsburg successfully argued to the Supreme Court that men, as widowers, should have the same Social Security survivors’ benefits that were made available to widows. <\/p>\n

Her work earned her notoriety as a champion of equal rights and an icon of feminism. In 1993 she was nominated to the Supreme Court by Bill Clinton, and confirmed by the U.S. Senate in a 96\u20133 vote. She was only the second woman to be appointed, and she made her opinion on the imbalance perfectly clear, stating, \u201cWhen I’m sometimes asked when will there be enough [women on the Supreme Court] and I say, ‘When there are nine,’ people are shocked. But there’d been nine men, and nobody’s ever raised a question about that.\u201d<\/p>\n

Her attitude and incredible dedication made her a beloved household name.  The number of people that attended her vigil in Owego, despite the short notice for the event, made it obvious that she was extremely important to so many in the community.  <\/span><\/p>\n

Those who gathered together mentioned Ginsburg\u2019s admiration of Belva Lockwood and shared some of Ginsburg’s more famous quotes. Her advice to \u201cfight for the things that you care about, but do it in a way that will lead others to join you\u201d seems especially wise during these difficult, divisive times.  <\/span><\/p>\n

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Stories are shared by organizers of last Saturday evening’s vigil, held on the courthouse steps in Owego and in honor of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s passing. Photo credit: Aaron Verity.<\/p><\/div>\n

Her attitude towards setbacks and losing was also pragmatic: \u201cDissent speaks to a future age. It’s not simply to say, \u2018my colleagues are wrong and I would do it this way,\u2019 but the greatest dissents do become court opinions.\u201d<\/p>\n

At the vigil, local resident Irena Horvatt gave a speech that included this moving passage, \u201cJustice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is gone from us now, but she never slowed down, and neither should we. We can honor her life by keeping her tradition of dissent and civic engagement alive. We can honor her legacy by continuing to care about causes that are important to us, and by making that care actionable in our daily lives.\u201d<\/p>\n

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg passed away at home on Sept. 18, 2020 from complications of pancreatic cancer. She wanted to be remembered \u201cAs someone who did whatever she could, with whatever limited talent she had, to move society along in the direction I would like it to be for my children and grandchildren.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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