The creator of our beloved Kimmy Schmidt. “In every good marriage,” she counseled, “it helps sometimes to be a little deaf.” 2. It comes from my savvy mother-in-law, advice she gave me on my wedding day. She will be missed.Īdvice from Ruth: “Another often-asked question when I speak in public: “Do you have some good advice you might share with us?” Yes, I do. The country deeply mourned her passing in the fall of 2020. She was the second female nominated to the court (and still only one of four women to ever be appointed). RBG took on gender discrimination as her life’s work, and won many cases before being appointed to the Supreme Court by Bill Clinton.

She found work at Rutgers Law as a professor and began studying and teaching women’s issues. After she graduated, she struggled finding a job at a firm, as being a female lawyer made male partners uncomfortable. Upon Martin’s law school graduation, Ruth transferred to Columbia to finish her third year of law school (Harvard would not let her graduate while taking classes in New York). Martin was diagnosed with testicular cancer during his tenure, and Ruth attended her classes and his classes so he could stay on top of his schooling during treatment. She was one of nine women out of a class of 500 students. The two were married shortly after her graduation.Īfter moving to Oklahoma and starting a family, Ruth and her husband both attended law school at Harvard University. She went to Cornell University where she met her husband, Martin Ginsburg. Her mother, Celia, was her biggest advocate – but she died shortly before she graduated high school. Ruth Bader was born in Brooklyn, New York and from an early age was drawn to education. Let’s start out with the Queen of them all: RBG. In no particular order…let’s get started.

They’ve been around for long enough to leave a trail of empowerment behind them, but still have lots more to accomplish – and we can’t wait. Here are some inspiring celebrity female role models for women that we think you’ll love. So…what about women who have been in the limelight for quite some time, and who have already stayed committed to being a true role model for young women? There has to be some we can look up to.Īt Blush, although we would love to say that most inspirational celebrities out there have the responsibility to be good role models for girls, we as individuals also have the responsibility to find good role models.Īnd with that being said, we think we’ve found a few good eggs. Rihanna also rejected the concept of the package deal, and claimed that although she lives her life as she sees fit, she can’t say she’s a role model.īut, luckily there are some budding role models out there – people like Taylor Swift, Demi Lovato, Lorde (she in particular has a pretty realistic take on the whole thing if you ask us), but these girl celebrities are all pretty young and haven’t really stood the test of time in terms of stability. As a celebrity, doesn’t she have an obligation to be a role model?įrom Miley to Kim K to Nicki Minaj, there are plenty of female celebrities out there that sometimes take the role in stride, and other times dismiss it for being too much pressure. Miley has been on the record declaring she isn’t a conventional role model – and doesn’t plan on being one, either.

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