“Well, Well, How the Tables Have Turned” Rarely does a disadvantage morph into an advantage, but when the unusual transformation occurs, one skyrockets from the depths of adversity to the summit of opportunity. In order to be among the lucky few positively affected by such a drastic reformation, certain uncontrollable factors, such as being born in the right era, must align. Being born in the right time not only grants one certain opportunities, but it can also reward those who seize the opportunities presented. However, in order for a detriment to transform into a benefit, one must first recognize and work to overcome the hindrance, or in Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s case, her three disadvantages. In 1959, even after graduating from Columbia Law at the top of her class, Ruth Bader Ginsburg couldn’t get a job because of certain …show more content…
However, sex and religious discrimination failed to stop her from becoming a lawyer in a male-dominant world. Even though the cards were stacked against her, Ginsburg landed herself a low-paying job as a clerk for Federal Judge Palmieri of the Southern District of New York and, as a way to exercise her passions for lawyering, volunteered her time as a lawyer for the American Civil Liberties Union where she gained valuable knowledge and experience in civil rights. RBG’s timing of developing her skills for arguing sex equality cases perfectly coincided with the rising of the women’s rights movement. Connecting the timing and her success, Ruth Bader Ginsburg said, “I had great good fortune in my life to be alive and have the skills of a lawyer when the women’s movement was revived in the United States” (MSNBC). Now, her original disadvantages gave her the upper edge in the new, upcoming female rights cases because not only did she witness, firsthand, sex discrimination, but she was also an expert on law and female rights. However, without her advantageous birth era that enabled her with lawyering skills,