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March 15, 1933: Ruth Bader
Ginsburg is born in
Brooklyn, New York.
1950: She graduates from
James Madison High
School.
1963 - 1972: Professor at
Rutgers and Columbia Law
Schools.
1970 - 1980: Litigates
gender discrimination
cases and leads the
Women's Rights Project of
the American Civil Liberties
Union (ACLU).
1996: Wrote the majorit y opin ion in
Unite d States v. Virginia, declaring the
male- only admis sion polic y at the
Virgi nia Military Institute
uncon stitutional.
2000 - 2010: Becomes a prominent
voice in the progressiv e wing of the
Supre me Court, issuing opinions in
cases like Bush v. Gore and She lby
Count y v. Holder.
1954: She marries Martin D.
Ginsburg.
1954 - 1956: Attends Cornell
University.
1956 - 1959: Graduates from
Columbia University, earning
her law degree.
1980: Appointed to the United
States Court of Appeals for the
D.C. Circuit by President
Jimmy Carter.
1993: Nominated by President
Bill Clinton as Associate Justice
of the Supreme Court of the
United States.
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1933 - 1950:
1960 - 1970:
1990 - 2000:
1950 - 1959:
1980 - 1990:
2013: Aw arded th e Presid ential M edal of
Freed om by President Barack O bama.
2015: Writes the dissenting opinion in
Oberg efell v. Hodges, which legalized
same- sex marriage nationwide.
2018: The documentary "RBG," depicting
her l ife and career, is relea sed.
2010 - 2020:
2020: Passes away on
September 18, 2020, in
Washington D.C., at the age
of 87.
2020 - 2021:
a renowned lawyer and Associate Justice of the
Supreme Court of the United States:
Ruth Bader
Ginsburg