Last September, when I gave remarks at a vigil following the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, I asked those gathered to mourn and grieve to imagine what Philadelphia's own class of first women—at firms, courthouses and other legal jobs—might want to tell us. I could hear them telling all of us who felt that loss was unbearable that there was too much work to do to be heartbroken, that we had to get to it. I urged those who were privileged to know and learn from some of those first women to reach out and thank them for creating the world where we could make the lives and careers as we wanted. I was particularly thinking of the trailblazing women who helped me find my own path. One of the people I was thinking of that night was Lila Roomberg, a Philadelphia first who we lost recently.