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As of yesterday, the famous first Monday in October, the U.S. Supreme Court has three female justices; not at the halfway mark yet, but a third is pretty good given that the first woman on the court, retired Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, was also the only woman from 1981 until Ruth Bader Ginsburg joined her in 1993. (O’Connor retired in 2006.)

All three active justices â€" Ginsburg, 77, Sonia Sotomayor, 56, and the recently confirmed Elena Kagan, 50 â€" have more in common than their Ivy League educations.

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