Ruth Bader Ginsburg, or RBG as she will be referred to from this point on, is called neither a liberal nor a conservative by President Clinton; however, some would say she definitely swings to the left. RBG overcame many adversities and types of discrimination, starting in college and continuing throughout her career.
RBG was born in Brooklyn in 1933 into a Jewish family. RBG’s mother died from cancer on the day before she was to graduate from high school, leaving her enough money for college. She recounts briefly in interviews and books of times when she felt discrimination in America for being a Jew, “there was a bed and breakfast with a sign that read ‘NO DOGS, NO JEWS’ (Carmon and Shana).” RBG married Marty Ginsburg in college because he was the only man who ever cared that she had a brain. When asked if he gave RGB advice, he said Ruth never told him how to cook and he didn’t tell her how to practice law.
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In 1971, RBG was a foundational writer for Reed v. Reed that argued that the Supreme Court, for the first time, should declare a state statute unconstitutional for discriminating on the basis of sex. The ACLU established the Women’s Rights Project and made RBG it’s co-director. In 1972, RBG became the first tenured female faculty member in Columbia’s history. In 1973, RBG became the ACLU’s General Counsel. RBG argued seven equal protection cases before the U.S. Supreme Court, winning five. RBG is called “the woman’s right champion for the ages. She has said if she were nominated to the court today, her background with the ACLU would probably disqualify her from the nomination. When advised during her confirmation hearings to refute her involvement with the ACLU, RBG adamantly refused. She said she would not discredit the ACLU or any of the work they had
RBG was born in Brooklyn in 1933 into a Jewish family. RBG’s mother died from cancer on the day before she was to graduate from high school, leaving her enough money for college. She recounts briefly in interviews and books of times when she felt discrimination in America for being a Jew, “there was a bed and breakfast with a sign that read ‘NO DOGS, NO JEWS’ (Carmon and Shana).” RBG married Marty Ginsburg in college because he was the only man who ever cared that she had a brain. When asked if he gave RGB advice, he said Ruth never told him how to cook and he didn’t tell her how to practice law.
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In 1971, RBG was a foundational writer for Reed v. Reed that argued that the Supreme Court, for the first time, should declare a state statute unconstitutional for discriminating on the basis of sex. The ACLU established the Women’s Rights Project and made RBG it’s co-director. In 1972, RBG became the first tenured female faculty member in Columbia’s history. In 1973, RBG became the ACLU’s General Counsel. RBG argued seven equal protection cases before the U.S. Supreme Court, winning five. RBG is called “the woman’s right champion for the ages. She has said if she were nominated to the court today, her background with the ACLU would probably disqualify her from the nomination. When advised during her confirmation hearings to refute her involvement with the ACLU, RBG adamantly refused. She said she would not discredit the ACLU or any of the work they had