Ruth Bader Ginsburg went to Cornell University in 1954. She finished first in her class. She married Martin D. Ginsburg. When he came back from the military they went to Harvard. There were only eight women there out of more than five hundred people. She transferred to Columbia Law School and she graduated first in her class in 1959.
Ruth Bader Ginsburg taught at Rutgers University Law School. In 1980, President Jimmy Carter appointed her to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the district of Columbia. She was there until she was