US Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg In Dates

US Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg in dates

Here are key dates in the life of US Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, a pillar of its progressive wing, who died on September 18, 2020, aged 87: -- March 15, 1933: Born in Brooklyn, New York, to Russian Jewish immigrants

Washington (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 19th Sep, 2020 ) :Here are key dates in the life of US Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, a pillar of its progressive wing, who died on September 18, 2020, aged 87: -- March 15, 1933: Born in Brooklyn, New York, to Russian Jewish immigrants.

-- 1954: Graduates with a degree in government from Cornell University. Marries classmate Martin Ginsburg, with whom she has daughter Jane (1955) and son James (1965).

-- 1956: Enrolls with Martin at Harvard Law school, one of the few women in her class. She eventually transfers to Columbia University in New York, and graduates in 1959.

-- 1963: After jobs as a law clerk and research associate, she is appointed professor of law at Rutgers University.

-- 1972: Takes a professor position at Columbia Law School, where she is the first woman to get full tenure.

-- 1972: Co-founds the influential Women's Rights Project of the American Civil Liberties Union.

-- 1980: Appointed by president Jimmy Carter to the prestigious US Federal appeals court in Washington.

-- 1993: Nominated by president Bill Clinton and confirmed in a Senate vote as one of the nine justices on the US Supreme Court. She is only the second woman to sit on the nation's highest court.

-- 1999: Undergoes surgery for colon cancer.

-- 2009: Has surgery for pancreatic cancer.

-- 2016: She is widely criticized for disparaging comments about Donald Trump as he campaigns for the presidency, and issues an apology.

-- 2016: Releases her first book, "My Own Words." -- 2019: Undergoes treatment for another bout of pancreatic cancer.

-- September 18, 2020: Dies from the cancer at her home in Washington, DC.