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March 15, 1933, in Brooklyn, New York. -
graduation
although she was one of the few women in the class, she graduated at the TOP of her class -
became a professor at Rutgers University
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Became first female professor at at Columbia University
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Accepted Jimmy Carter’s appointment to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia
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Bill Clinton appointed her to the Supreme Court of the United States.
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Ginsburg wrote the majority opinion in United States v. Virginia
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Worked with President Obama to pass the very first piece of legislation he signed, the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act
Another example of Ginsburg's fierce and passionate advocating for women as well as men who are discriminated against.