Gender Discrimination In Ruth Bader Ginsburg Case
In 1993, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, a Columbia Law School, Cornell University, and Harvard Law School graduate, became the second woman to ever be given a position in the Supreme Court. Born into a low income family in Brooklyn, New York on March 15, 1933, Ginsburg was frequently exposed to gender discrimination throughout her college years—as there were “only 8 other females in a class of 500 students” at Harvard Law—as well as in the work force. This ultimately pushed her to fight for gender equality. She began her career as a clerk and then teacher, becoming Columbia University’s first tenured teacher who was a woman. Following this, she took on several projects in which she fought for the rights of woman in front of the Supreme Court of the United
States and was able to win all but one. It was not until 1980 that Ginsburg reached greater recognition as President Jimmy Carter granted her a position with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia. As stated before, in 1993, Bill Clinton made her the second woman to be apart of the U.S. Supreme Court. It was here that she was given the opportunity to greater voice her opinions regarding gender equality, the separation of church and state, and the rights of the employed. Despite the devastating loss of her husband and biggest motivation, Martin D. Ginsburg on June 27, 2010 after his fight with cancer, Ruth was able to accomplish great things. Aside from being the recipient of the American Bar Association’s Thurgood Marshall Award, she was able to take part in many of the changes to America that are present today. In 2010, she took part in the ruling in favor of Obamacare, a healthcare insurance that thousands of Americans have today. And in this very year, Ginsburg took part in a ruling that changed everything, the ruling that legalized same sex marriage in every one of our fifty states. With her integrity, intelligence, and perseverance Ruth Bader Ginsburg is helping to change the Supreme Court and the laws that bind us everyday.
States and was able to win all but one. It was not until 1980 that Ginsburg reached greater recognition as President Jimmy Carter granted her a position with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia. As stated before, in 1993, Bill Clinton made her the second woman to be apart of the U.S. Supreme Court. It was here that she was given the opportunity to greater voice her opinions regarding gender equality, the separation of church and state, and the rights of the employed. Despite the devastating loss of her husband and biggest motivation, Martin D. Ginsburg on June 27, 2010 after his fight with cancer, Ruth was able to accomplish great things. Aside from being the recipient of the American Bar Association’s Thurgood Marshall Award, she was able to take part in many of the changes to America that are present today. In 2010, she took part in the ruling in favor of Obamacare, a healthcare insurance that thousands of Americans have today. And in this very year, Ginsburg took part in a ruling that changed everything, the ruling that legalized same sex marriage in every one of our fifty states. With her integrity, intelligence, and perseverance Ruth Bader Ginsburg is helping to change the Supreme Court and the laws that bind us everyday.