By: W*SS
Ruth Bader Ginsburg was only the second woman justice appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court in 1993. Her incredible life and legal career spanned several decades: during the 1970s, she served as the director of the Women's Rights Project of the American Civil Liberties Union, for which she argued six landmark cases on gender equality before the U.S. Supreme Court. Ginsburg was instrumental in the majority ruling that made same sex marriage legal in all 50 states. Ginsburg showed public support for the idea in past years by officiating same-sex marriages and by challenging arguments against it during the early proceedings of the case.
Additional rights RBG secured for womxn:
The right to get a credit card in your own name, not in a husband's or father’s name
The right to sign a mortgage without a man
The right to open a bank account without a man co-signer
The right to have a job and not be discriminated due to gender
The right for womxn to be pregnant or have kids while working
With the recent death of the woman who did so much for so many people in this country, many people, including the staff of WSS are heartbroken. Of course, RBG was a human and her record was not without its failings (which we acknowledge). However, overall she did so much good and will be missed.
We in WSS hope to honor RBG by continuing to advocate for all students, and by providing resources for individual/independent research. If you don’t know much about RBG and want to know more, she is the subject of the films On the Basis of Sex and RBG, the book Notorious RBG, and here is a little school lesson about RBG and her impact.
Interested in sharing your own "Thought Of The Day" or TOTD? Email us at wss@msu.edu.
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