The Notorious RBG—five feet tall, titanium-spined, and unyielding in the pursuit of equal justice.
Ruth Bader Ginsburg was born on March 15, 1933, in Brooklyn, New York. She graduated first in her class from Columbia Law School in 1959—a field that barely acknowledged women existed. Unable to find work at a New York firm despite stellar credentials, she pivoted to academia and litigation, arguing six landmark cases before the Supreme Court that dismantled legal sex discrimination piece by piece. She was appointed to the Supreme Court in 1993 by President Clinton, where she became a fierce champion of gender equality, voting rights, and civil liberties over 27 years. Even as she battled five bouts of cancer, she declined to retire, working from a hospital bed to keep her seat. She died on September 18, 2020. Her dissents became battle cries. Her jabot became an icon.
“Fight for the things that you care about, but do it in a way that will lead others to join you.”
“Women belong in all places where decisions are being made.”
Systematically dismantled gender-based legal discrimination and reshaped American constitutional law to treat women as full equals under the law.
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