Ruth Bader Ginsburg passed away on September 18, 2020, due to complications from metastatic pancreatic cancer, at her home in Washington, D.C.
Ruth Bader Ginsburg was awarded the ABA Medal by the American Bar Association on September 9, 2009, recognizing her for her lifetime of work advancing gender equality and justice.
In 1996, Ruth Bader Ginsburg wrote the majority opinion in United States v. Virginia, holding that the male-only admissions policy at the Virginia Military Institute was unconstitutional.
Ruth Bader Ginsburg took her judicial oath on August 10, 1993, becoming the second female justice to be confirmed to the Supreme Court of the United States. President Bill Clinton nominated her.
On June 30, 1980, Ruth Bader Ginsburg was appointed by President Jimmy Carter to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, a tenure that lasted until 1993.
Ruth Bader Ginsburg founded the Women's Rights Project at the American Civil Liberties Union in 1972, a pivotal moment in her legal career advocating for gender equality.
In 1970, Ruth Bader Ginsburg co-founded the Women's Rights Law Reporter, the first law journal in the U.S. to focus exclusively on women's rights.
In 1963, Ruth Bader Ginsburg began her career as a professor at Rutgers Law School, where she was one of only a few female law professors in the United States at the time.
Ruth Bader Ginsburg graduated from Columbia Law School on June 23, 1959, at the top of her class, after transferring from Harvard Law School.
Ruth Bader Ginsburg was born on March 15, 1933, in Brooklyn, New York City. She would grow up to become a leading voice for gender equality, women's interests, and civil rights and liberties.