The Late Ruth Bader Ginsburg: US Supreme Court Justice

Ruth Bader Ginsburg attended Harvard Law School and was the first female Harvard Law Review member. She later transferred to Columbia Law School to follow her husband’s career, graduating in a tie for first in her class. A women’s rights advocate, Ginsburg served on the ACLU’s Women’s Rights Project. In 2002, the National Woman’s Hall of Fame honored her for working “her entire career to eliminate gender-based stereotyping in legislation and regulation.”

President Bill Clinton appointed Ginsburg first to the US Court of Appeals and then to the Supreme Court. She was the second woman nominated to the Supreme Court—after Sandra Day O’Connor—serving on many landmark cases. While Ginsburg passed away in September 2020, her influence on the global landscape will be felt for generations to come.