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Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg dies at 87

by Nancy Marshall-Genzer

Sep 18, 2020

As a lawyer and a justice, she helped reduce the gender pay gap. Later in life, she became a cultural phenomenon.

As a lawyer, Ruth Bader Ginsburg won five of the six gender-equality cases she argued before the Supreme Court. Above, Ginsburg speaks at Georgetown University in February.

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