Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has died on Friday at the age of 87 due to complications from metastatic pancreatic cancer.
Ginsburg was appointed to the Supreme Court in 1993 following the retirement of former Justice Sandra Day O'Connor. For over a decade, until 2009, she was the only woman to hold the position, until Justice Sonia Sotomayor was appointed by President Barack Obama. Justice Elena Kagan joined the court the following year.
Ginsburg's life was marked by cancer beginning at a young age. In 1956, while they were both students at Harvard Law School, Ginsburg's husband, Martin, was diagnosed with testicular cancer. Remarkably, Ginsburg managed to garner a spot on the editorial board of theIn 1999 she was herself diagnosed with cancer and underwent a successful operation to remove the disease from her colon. In 2009, she underwent another operation, this time for pancreatic cancer.
Referred to by admirers as the"Notorious RBG," she was a pioneering force in calls for marriage and gender equality. Read on for a list of eight memorable quotes that helped define the Supreme Court Justice's legacy. Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg attends California first lady Maria Shriver's annual Women's Conference 2010 on October 26, 2010. She passed away on TKTK at the age of TKTK."My mother told me two things constantly. One was to be a lady, and the other was to be independent. The study of law was unusual for women of my generation. For most girls growing up in the '40s, the most important degree was not your B.A., but your M.R.S.
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