Ruth Bader Ginsburg loomed large in American culture during the final years of her life, perhaps no larger than in the minds of young women.
Leyla Fern King dresses up as Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, complete with a white collar and gavel.
. King remembers Ginsburg as being diminutive but commanding of the room, staying until the audience’s last question was answered and peppering her stories with witty quips. The teen, a member of her school’s student court, began to connect Ginsburg’s experiences to her own. King had spent her first year on student court as the youngest and only girl, and she was often timid about voicing her thoughts.
The justice died last Friday at the age of 87, after serving as the second woman ever to be confirmed on the Supreme Court. These young women, who grew up reading children’s books about her and dressing up as her — right down to the“I think that Sept. 18 we should have Ruth Bader Ginsburg Day, just like Martin Luther King Jr.
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