A trailblazer in the legal world, Ginsberg became the U.S. Supreme Court’s second female justice as well as the first Jewish female justice. Ginsburg brilliantly engineered legal theories to advance gender equality in U.S. law. She was dubbed  “The Notorious R.B.G.” and became an icon in American popular culture for her passionate dissents and opinions on voting rights, gender discrimination, and abortion rights. Born in New York City in 1933, Justice Ginsburg served on the Supreme Court from 1993 until her death in 2020