RUTH BADER GINSBURG

By Irene Stuber

In 1971, ONLY 29 years ago, in _Reed v Reed_ the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously overturned a law that blatantly stated that men should be preferred over women for appointments as administrators of decedents' estates. It was far reaching because it marked the first time the high court ever overturned a law in response to a *woman's* complaint of unfair sex based discrimination. The complaint was handled by Ruth Bader Ginsberg, who briefed and argued SIX precedent setting sex- based discriminations cases before the Supreme Court.

RBG was appointed to the U. S. Supreme Court by President Bill Clinton in 1993. Like Janet Reno whom Clinton appointed U.S. Attorney General, Ginsburg ranked extremely high in law school. Neither Reno nor Ginsburg were offered one single job after graduation in law firms.