Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Sandra Day O’Connor are known as American sheroes and pioneers.
The first woman to join O’Connor on the bench was Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
O’Connor was born on March 26, 1930, in El Paso, TX.
That prompted her to wo,rk for no pay as a county attorney, according toBiography.
Ginsburg came from an entirely different background, born in 1933 in Brooklyn, NY.
Instead, she took a job as a law professor.
Circuit Court of Appeals in 1980.
In 1993, President Bill Clinton appointed her to the Supreme Court (viaBiography).
According toNPR, the book points to one landmark women’s rights case from 1996.
That was a moment that helped define the relationship between the two women.
O’Connor left the bench in 2006.
Twelve years later she would announce that she was in the early stages of dementia (viaCNN).
