0 0 9 ). </ ref > ▁ ▁Sus anne ▁Stein em ▁attended ▁Smith ▁College , ▁ear ning ▁an ▁under grad uate ▁degree ▁in ▁ 1 9 4 6 . ▁At ▁age ▁ 5 0 , ▁after ▁raising ▁six ▁children , ▁she ▁returned ▁to ▁school , ▁ear ning ▁her ▁law ▁degree ▁from ▁Ant io ch ▁School ▁of ▁Law ▁in ▁ 1 9 7 8 . ▁ ▁Career ▁While ▁in ▁college , ▁Sus anne ▁Stein em ▁worked ▁at ▁a ▁j ew el ry ▁store , ▁and ▁became ▁fasc in ated ▁by ▁g ems . ▁She ▁learned ▁the ▁industry ▁working ▁as ▁bu yer ▁in ▁New ▁York ▁and ▁Washington ▁D . C .. ▁She ▁taught ▁gem ology ▁classes ▁and ▁hosted ▁a ▁local ▁television ▁show ▁on ▁the ▁subject . ▁In ▁the ▁ 1 9 7 0 s ▁she ▁served ▁as ▁a ▁doc ent ▁at ▁the ▁Smith son ian ▁Institution ' s ▁Hall ▁of ▁G ems ▁and ▁Min er als ▁and ▁Hall ▁of ▁Phys ical ▁Ge ology ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 9 7 0 s . ▁P atch ▁wrote ▁a ▁book , ▁Blue ▁Myst ery : ▁The ▁Story ▁of ▁the ▁Hope ▁Diam ond '' ▁( 1 9 7 6 ), ▁and ▁was ▁a ▁technical ▁consult ant ▁on ▁the ▁subject ▁for ▁various ▁document aries ▁and ▁exhib its . ▁ ▁After ▁becoming ▁a ▁lawyer , ▁P atch ▁was ▁a ▁staff ▁att orney ▁at ▁the ▁Federal ▁Trade ▁Commission ▁and ▁was ▁assigned ▁to ▁the ▁Bureau ▁of ▁Cons umer ▁Prote ction ▁from ▁ 1 9 8 0 ▁to ▁ 1 9 9 4