About RBG

Ruth Bader Ginsburg, known as RBG, by her supporters, has inspired generations of women not only in the United States but all around the world. She has broken gender barriers even after facing discrimination during her academic goals and became the first Jewish woman to serve on the Supreme Court. She was born in Brooklyn, New York on March 15, 1933 and graduated from Cornell University with her bachelor’s degree in 1954. She then went on to work as a research associate at Columbia Law School on a project on international procedure and also was a Professor of Law at Rutger University. She was appointed to the United States Court of Appeals for DC in 1980 by President Jimmy Carter where she served for 13 years. She then took her seat as a Supreme Court Justice in 1993. She became the second woman to serve on the supreme court. During her tenure, RBG fiercely fought and advocated for gender equality and women’s rights. She sadly passed away on September 18, 2020, but her mark on the world will forever live on.