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Birth
Born Joan Ruth Bader in Brooklyn, New York.
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Cornell University
In 1950, Ruth Bader attended Cornell University, where she met fellow student Martin Ginsburg on a blind date. The couple married in 1954 after their graduation. Photograph: Collection of the Supreme Court of the United States/AP. Reference: Friedlander, B. (2020, September 18). Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg ’54 dies. Cornell Chronical. https://news.cornell.edu/stories/2020/09/supreme-court-justice-ruth-bader-ginsburg-54-dies -
Harvard Law School
Ginsburg was one of nine women, in a class of about 500 students, at Harvard Law School, “where the dean famously asked that his female students tell him how they could justify taking the place of a man at his school” (Honderich & Lussenhop, 2020). Reference: Honderich, H. & Lussenhop, J. (2020, September 19). Ruth Bader Ginsburg: Obituary of the supreme court justice. BBC News. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-49488374 -
Columbia Law School
Ginsburg finished her final year of law school at Columbia when her husband began his career as tax lawyer in New York. A spectacular a student, Ginsburg graduated at the top of her class at Columbia Law School in 1959. Due to the norms of the time, she did not receive a single job offer. Reference: Honderich, H. & Lussenhop, J. (2020, September 19). Ruth Bader Ginsburg: Obituary of the supreme court justice. BBC News. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-49488374 -
Became Professor at Rutgers Law School
Unable to find work as a lawyer, Ginsburg became a professor at Rutgers Law School. “‘The women’s movement came alive at the end of the 60s,’ she said to NPR. ‘There I was, a law school professor with time that I could devote to moving along this change.’” Reference: Totenberg, N. (2020, September 18). Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, champion of gender equality, dies at 87. NRP. https://www.npr.org/2020/09/18/100306972/justice-ruth-bader-ginsburg-champion-of-gender-equality-dies-at-87 -
Columbia Law School and the ACLU
In 1972, Ginsburg “became the first tenured female professor at Columbia Law School” (Honderich & Lussenhop, 2020). Having faced significant gender discrimination herself, Ginsburg co-founded the Women’s Rights Project at the ACLU. Reference: Honderich, H. & Lussenhop, J. (2020, September 19). Ruth Bader Ginsburg: Obituary of the supreme court justice. BBC News. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-49488374 -
Appointed to US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia
President Jimmy Carter nominated Ginsburg to the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia. Reference: Honderich, H. & Lussenhop, J. (2020, September 19). Ruth Bader Ginsburg: Obituary of the supreme court justice. BBC News. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-49488374 -
Appointed to Supreme Court
In 1993 President Bill Clinton appointed Ginsburg to the Supreme Court, making her the 2nd woman ever appointed. “Among Ginsburg's most significant, early cases was United States v Virginia, which struck down the men-only admissions policy at the Virginia Military Institute” (Honderich & Lussenhop, 2020). Reference: Honderich, H. & Lussenhop, J. (2020, September 19). Ruth Bader Ginsburg: Obituary of the supreme court justice. BBC News. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-49488374 -
Voting Rights Act Dissent
"In 2013, when the court struck down a key provision of the Voting Rights Act, contending that times had changed and the law was no longer needed, Ginsburg dissented.” Reference: Totenberg, N. (2020, September 18). Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, champion of gender equality, dies at 87. NRP. https://www.npr.org/2020/09/18/100306972/justice-ruth-bader-ginsburg-champion-of-gender-equality-dies-at-87 -
Death of Ruth Bader Ginsburg
“We should honor the life of RBG, American hero, by refusing to give in, refusing to back down, fighting for the civil rights of all people & demanding our leaders honor the rule of law. This is our fight now. May her memory be for a blessing.” Vance, J. [@JoyceWhiteVance] (2020, September 18). We should honor the life of RBG [Tweet; thumbnail link to article]. Twitter. https://twitter.com/JoyceWhiteVance/status/1307103447548923906
