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Birth
Ruth Bader Ginsburg was born in Brooklyn, NY. -
Graduation
RBG graduated at the top of her class at Cornell University -
Child
Mrs. Ginsburg had her first child in 1955, shortly before her husband was deployed for a two years service. -
College (continued), Family issue
in 1956, she enrolled in Harvard Law, her husband was also diagnosed with testicular cancer this year. -
Graduation
Transferring from Harvard to Columbia Law, she graduated at the tp of her class. -
Discrimination
She had a rough time finding a job even with her outstanding academic record, because of gender discrimination. "A favorite Columbia professor explicitly refused to recommend any other graduates before U.S. District Judge Edmund L. Palmieri hired Ginsburg as a clerk." -
Job Offering
She accepted a job as a professor at Rutgers University Law School in 1963, a position she held until accepting an offer to teach at Columbia in 1972. -
ACLU
Ginsburg directed the influential Women’s Rights Project of the American Civil Liberties Union. -
Court of Appeals
Jimmy Carter appoints Mrs. Ginsburg to the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia. She served here until 1993. -
Supreme Court
Bill Clinton appoints her to the Supreme Court of the United States. -
US v. VA
Ginsburg wrote the majority opinion in United States v. Virginia, holding that qualified women could not be denied admission to Virginia Military Institute. -
Fair Pay Act
Worked with Obama to pass his first ever piece of legislation while in office, the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009. -
Passing of RBG
The Supreme Court issued a statement about the passing of Ruth Bader Ginsburg. She passed due to complications associated with metastatic pancreatic cancer.