Ruth Bader Ginsburg is iconic.
Born on March 15, 1933, Ginsburg’s brilliance was apparent from a young age (perBiography).
“And I grew up learning to love to read.
My fondest memories as a child were sitting on my mother’s lap while she read to me.”
Their daughter, Jane, was born not long after.
Ginsburg’s husband was drafted into the military that year, serving for two years.
I didn’t have time for any socializing, except on weekends."
Her success was far from automatic she had to fight sexism at seemingly every turn.
“I had three strikes against me,” she said.
As part of her job, she fought for gender equality in front of the U.S. Supreme Court.
Thingshave come a long wayin Ginsburg’s lifetime, in no small part due to Ginsburg herself.
The Supreme Court justice is confident that the change she has seen in her lifetime is permanent.
“When you think about the world has changed really in what women are doing.
I never had a woman teacher in college or in law school.
The changes have been enormous.
And they’ve just they’ve gone much too far [to be] going back.”
The Supreme Court justice has no plans of retiring in the foreseeable future.
“The chemotherapy course… is yielding positive results,” she said.
I am tolerating chemotherapy well and am encouraged by the success of my current treatment.
I will continue bi-weekly chemotherapy to keep my cancer at bay."
I remain fully able to do that."
