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Being a Woman Cost Me $2 Million, But Ruth Bader Ginsburg Stood Up for Me

Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was the personification of women’s and people’s rights to have a seat at the table. She taught the court that, “A gender line … helps to keep women not on a pedestal, but in a cage.”

She was an inspiration to me and so many others.  I wore my RGB socks proudly, heard her speak live, saw her on a plane and went running up to her and she was way too gracious, and even had a bracelet made that I wear with a charm that reads LIVE ORGAN DONOR FOR RBG. 

RBG changed so many rights for men and women.  One really hit home for me: a woman’s right to get credit.  I applied for my first credit card in the 1970s.  I was a bank executive,

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