Supreme Court Justice

The well-known notorious RBG didn’t gain notoriety until she was well into her 80s, but why? Because, for most of her career, she quietly and methodically played by the rules while challenging the status quo. Later in her life, as she began to see some of her work overturned and values threatened, she became more vocal and visible, reading her dissents from the supreme court bench. The internet turned her into a superstar. 

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was only the second woman ever to serve as a Justice of the US Supreme Court. She went to Harvard Law school where she faced discrimination as one of very few women in the program later graduating from Columbia Law school. Being denied opportunities for legal work after college and receiving less pay didn’t deter Ruth from following her dreams. She became the first female professor to achieve tenure at Columbia University and successfully argued many cases that brought greater gender equality to both men and women. 

A staunch advocate for women’s rights and human rights, she argued for many years, consistently smashing the glass ceiling. In 1996, she wrote the majority opinion in United States v. Virginia, ensuring that qualified women be admitted to the Virginia Military Institute.

Powerful Quotes by a Powerful Woman

-Ruth Bader Ginsburg