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In nine pages a biography of Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan is presented. Six sources are listed in the bibliography.
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now, have incredible interpersonal skills, and can really make the moment much better than it was... [Elena Kagan] really can do both" (Kagan, Elena, 2011). Elena Kagan has always
been the consummate overachiever for whom no dream was impossible to attain. The first female dean of what had once been considered the quintessential boys club - the Harvard
Law School - as well as the first female solicitor general, Elena Kagan is currently the 112th U.S. Supreme Court justice. Her family, friends, and colleagues know her as
a highly motivated and an extremely intelligent woman for whom the U.S. Constitution is every bit as sacred as the Talmud. However, for the American people whose lives are
shaped by the decisions of Americas highest court, Elena Kagan remains an enigmatic figure about who very little is known. The granddaughter of Russian immigrants, Elena Kagan was born in
New York City on April 28, 1960. Her mother, Gloria Gittelman Kagan, was a public school teacher for 20 years, and her father Robert was a housing attorney and
a champion of tenants rights (Obama, 2010). Education was very important in the Kagan household as both parents were the first members of their respective families to go to
college (Kagan, Elena, 2011). The only daughter sandwiched between two boys - both of whom are also teachers - Elena Kagan grew up in a liberal Jewish household in
the blue-collar West Side of Manhattan (Nelson & Saltonstall, 2010). In fact, older brother Marc would later become active as a union organizer for transport workers (Nelson & Saltonstall,
2010). The three Kagan children were encouraged by their parents to develop their intellect and to embrace civic responsibilities. Kagan recalls, "Both my parents wanted me to succeed
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