, ▁Est her ▁( née ▁T ank lef sky ), ▁was ▁a ▁hom em aker , ▁and ▁her ▁father , ▁E manuel ▁Sav itz ky , ▁ran ▁the ▁Live ▁and ▁Let ▁Live ▁Me at ▁Market . ▁Even ▁in ▁her ▁youth , ▁she ▁was ▁compet itive ▁and ▁would ▁best ▁others , ▁including ▁boys , ▁in ▁all ▁sorts ▁of ▁compet itions . ▁ ▁When ▁her ▁father ▁died , ▁Ab zug , ▁then ▁ 1 3 , ▁was ▁told ▁that ▁her ▁Orth odox ▁syn agog ue ▁did ▁not ▁permit ▁women ▁to ▁say ▁the ▁( m ourn ers ') ▁K add ish , ▁since ▁that ▁r ite ▁was ▁reserved ▁for ▁sons ▁of ▁the ▁dece ased . ▁However , ▁because ▁her ▁father ▁had ▁no ▁sons , ▁she ▁went ▁to ▁the ▁syn agog ue ▁every ▁morning ▁for ▁a ▁year ▁to ▁rec ite ▁the ▁prayer , ▁def ying ▁the ▁tradition ▁of ▁her ▁con greg ation ' s ▁practice ▁of ▁Orth odox ▁J uda ism . ▁ ▁Ab zug ▁graduated ▁from ▁Wal ton ▁High ▁School ▁in ▁New ▁York ▁City , ▁where ▁she ▁was ▁class ▁president , ▁and ▁went ▁on ▁to ▁Hunter ▁College ▁of ▁the ▁City ▁University ▁of ▁New ▁York ▁and ▁simultaneously ▁attended ▁the ▁Jewish ▁The ological ▁Sem inary ▁of ▁America . ▁ ▁She ▁later ▁earned ▁a ▁law ▁degree ▁from ▁Columbia ▁University ▁in ▁ 1 9 4 4 . ▁ ▁Leg al ▁and ▁political ▁career ▁Ab zug ▁was ▁admitted ▁to ▁the ▁New ▁York ▁Bar ▁in ▁ 1 9 4 5 , ▁and ▁started ▁pract icing ▁in ▁New ▁York ▁City ▁at ▁the ▁firm