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The Life of Ruth Bader Ginsburg

By John McQuaid

  • Date of Birth

    Date of Birth
    "Ginsburg was born on March 15, 1933 in a low income, working class family in Brooklyn, New York." Photo: Bruce Emmerling for Pixabay

  • Entrance into Harvard

    Entrance into Harvard
    "She later went to Harvard law school in 1956, but Harvard was a man's world." Photo: Wikimedia commons

  • Graduation

    Graduation
    “She graduated from Columbia law school in 1959.” Photo: Columbia University

  • Appointment to Supreme Court

    Appointment to Supreme Court
    “She was appointed to the Supreme court by Former President Bill Clinton in 1993.” Photo: The U.S. National Archives

  • Date of Death

    Date of Death
    “On Sept. 19, the world lost Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, or “Notorious RBG,” to metastatic pancreatic cancer at age 87.” Photo: Wikimedia Commons