As we mourn the passing over who some would consider a TRAIL BLAZER, the NOTORIOUS RBG, and who I believe was a PIONEER WOMAN! Ruth Bader Ginsburg demonstrated the pioneer woman as a person who originates or helps open up a new line of thought or activity or a new method of development, one of the first to settle in a territory and create an environment for others to thrive and contribute their unique perspectives on an agenda.
Ruth Bader Ginsburg was born March 15, 1933 the second daughter of Nathan and Cecelia Bader where she grew up in a low-income, working class neighborhood in Brooklyn, New York. Ginsburg’s mother, a major influence in her life, taught her the value of independence and a good education. Worked in a garment factory to help pay for her brother’s college education, an act of selflessness that forever impressed Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
RBG graduated from James Madison HS and went on to Cornell University graduating in 1954, finishing first in her class.
She started Harvard University where she balanced life as a wife, mother, and her new role as a law student. She also encountered a very male-dominated, hostile environment, with only eight females in her class of 500. RBG pressed on and excelled academically, eventually becoming the first female member of the prestigious legal journal, the Harvard Law Review. She later transferred to Columbia Law School in New York City to join her husband, where she was elected to the school’s law review. She graduated first in her class in 1959 and was also the first female member of the Columbia Law Review. RBG worked at Columbia University from 1972-1980 where she became the first female tenured professor.
In 1993 President Bill Clinton nominates Judge RBG for the Supreme Court. Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the first Jewish woman to be appointed to the Supreme Court and the second female Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court.
As a judge, RBG was considered part of the Supreme Court’s moderate-liberal bloc, presenting a strong voice in favor of gender equality, the rights of workers, and the separation of church and state.
Mrs. Ginsburg served as Justice of the Supreme Court for 27 years as to take her last breath on September 18th, 2020 a day we remember her fight, her grit and a life continued as a beacon of hope for equality.
My references:
https://www.history.com/topics/womens-history/ruth-bader-ginsburg
