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Ruth Bader Ginsburg facts for kids
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Ruth Bader Ginsburg
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| Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court | |
| Assumed office August 10, 1993 |
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| Nominated by | Bill Clinton |
| Preceded by | Byron White |
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Ruth Joan Bader
March 15, 1933 Brooklyn, New York, US |
| Spouse(s) | Martin D. Ginsburg (1955-2010, his death) |
| Children | Jane Ginsburg (born 1955) James Ginsburg (born 1965) |
| Alma mater | Cornell University Harvard Law School Columbia University |
Ruth Joan Bader Ginsburg (born March 15, 1933) is an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. Ginsburg was appointed by President Bill Clinton and took the oath of office on August 10, 1993. She is the second female justice (after Sandra Day O'Connor) and the first Jewish female justice.
Ginsburg had surgery for colon cancer in 1999 and for pancreatic cancer in 2009.
Images for kids
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Ginsburg officially accepts the nomination from President Bill Clinton on June 14, 1993.
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Swearing-In of Ginsburg as Associate Supreme Court Justice by Chief Justice Rehnquist with President Clinton
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Commissioned portrait of Ginsburg in 2000
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(left to right) Sandra Day O'Connor, Sonia Sotomayor, Ginsburg, and Elena Kagan, October 1, 2010.