Ruth Bader Ginsburg was born Joan Ruth Bader, on March 15,1933 in Brooklyn , New York . Her parents , Nathan Bader and Celia Amster Bader were Jewsih Americans whose families had immigrated to the United States. Celia was from central Europe and her parents moved to the United States before she was born and Nathan's from Russia his parents moved when he was thirteen. Ruth's older sister Marilyn died at the age of eight, so Ruth grew up as an only child, in the flatbush section of Brooklyn . Her father worked first as a furrier and later, as a haberdasher.

Ruth's mother Celia, played a major role in her daughter's life. Celia took Ruth on frequent trips to the library and saved money to enable her daughter to attend college one day. Celia taught Ruth the value of independence and good education. Ruth used her mother's advice and worked diligently in school. Ruth attended P.S. 238 elementary school .As an adolescent Ruth Bader distinguished herself as a scholar. She graduated first in her class at P.S. 238 and there at age twelve or thirteen wrote an editorial, "Landmarks of Constitutional Freedom"; for the student newspaper. She was also confirmed with honors at the East Midwood Jewish Center in Brooklyn. Ruth Bader then went to James Madison High School. Bader's Classmates remembered her as competitive and popular. Ruth kepta secret from her classmates while attending high school; her mother Celia suffered from stomach cancer. Celia Bader passed away a day before her daughter's graduation ceremony. Ruth did not attend a "Forum for Honor" to which she was in for graduating sixth in her class. Celia Bader left Ruth a large sum of eight thousand dollars for her college tuition. Ruth , however did not need it , because she earned...