Ruth was a fearless leader who spent her life fighting for justice and serving the American people. She was an American lawyer and jurist who served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1993 through 2020. She received her B.A. from Cornell University and then attended Harvard Law School.
Ginsberg co-founded the Women’s Rights Project of the American Civil Liberties.
She was appointed a Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit in 1980. President Clinton nominated her as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court, and she took her seat August 10, 1993.  Ginsburg was the first Jewish woman and the second female to serve on the court. She spent much of her career advocating for gender equality and women’s rights, going on to win several arguments before the Supreme Court, including the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act.