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Born Joan Ruth Bader in Brooklyn, New York.
Reference: Ruth Bader Ginsburg. (n.d.). In Wikipedia. Retrieved September 20, 2020 from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruth_Bader_Ginsburg#Early_life_and_education -
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Stein R. & Felling M. (2020, September 18). The radical project of Ruth Bader Ginsburg. New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/video/obituaries/100000006849413/ruth-bader-ginsburg-obituary.html -
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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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"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
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“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
