![]() ![]() Ginsburg transferred to Columbia Law School, where she graduated joint first in her class. Ginsburg, becoming a mother before starting law school at Harvard, where she was one of the few women in her class. She earned her bachelor's degree at Cornell University and married Martin D. Her older sister died when she was a baby, and her mother died shortly before Ginsburg graduated from high school. ![]() Ginsburg was born and grew up in Brooklyn, New York. She was dubbed " the Notorious R.B.G.", and she later embraced the moniker. Later in her term, Ginsburg received attention for passionate dissents that reflected liberal views of the law. ![]() ![]() During her tenure, Ginsburg authored the majority opinions in cases such as United States v. Ginsburg was the first Jewish woman and the second woman to serve on the Court, after Sandra Day O'Connor. She was nominated by President Bill Clinton to replace retiring justice Byron White, and at the time was viewed as a moderate consensus-builder. Joan Ruth Bader Ginsburg ( / ˈ b eɪ d ər ˈ ɡ ɪ n z b ɜːr ɡ/ BAY-dər GHINZ-burg Ma– September 18, 2020) was an American lawyer and jurist who served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1993 until her death in 2020. ![]()
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