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Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Ruth Bader GinsburgAKA Joan Ruth Bader

Born: 15-Mar-1933
Birthplace: Brooklyn, NY

Gender: Female
Religion: Jewish
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Judge
Party Affiliation: Democratic

Nationality: United States
Executive summary: US Supreme Court Justice

Father: Nathan Bader
Mother: Celia Amster (d., cancer)
Sister: (d.)
Husband: Martin D. Ginsburg (m. 1954, one son, one daughter)
Daughter: Jane
Son: James

    High School: James Madison High School, Brooklyn, NY
    University: BA, Cornell University (1954)
    Law School: Harvard Law School (1956-58)
    Law School: LLB, Columbia Law School (1959)
    Professor: Rutgers University (1963-72)
    Professor: Columbia University (1972-80)
    Scholar: Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University (1977-78)

    US Supreme Court Justice (10-Aug-1993 to present)
    US Justice Department Judge, US Court of Appeals, DC Circuit (1980-93)
    Law Clerk to Judge Edmund L. Palmieri (1959-61)
    American Civil Liberties Union Board of Directors (1974-80)
    American Civil Liberties Union General Counsel (1973-80)
    American Academy of Arts and Sciences 1982
    American Bar Association
    American Bar Foundation Board of Directors (1979-89)
    American College of Trial Lawyers Honorary Fellow
    American Law Institute Council (1978-93)
    Council on Foreign Relations 1975
    Federal Bar Council
    Order of the Coif Honorary (1995)
    Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society
    Phi Beta Kappa Society
    Harvard Law Review
    National Women's Hall of Fame
    Wedding: Alan Greenspan and Andrea Mitchell (1997) Officiant
    Funeral: Katharine Graham (2001)


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