Growing Up/Early Life
Where was Ruth Bader Ginsburg born?
Where is Brooklyn, New York
What topic did RBG advocate for?
What is gender equality
What trait does this symbolize?
RBG failed her drivers license 5 times before succeeding
What is persistance
What number woman was RBG in the Supreme Court?
What is the second woman.
What name did the rapper Notorious B.I.G. call RBG that became super popular?
What is Notorious RBG
How many siblings did RBG have?
(Bonus: What was/were his/her name(s))
What is 1 sister
What is Celia
Who appointed RBG to the Supreme Court?
Who is President Bill Clinton
What trait does this symbolize?
Even though people were pressuring RBG to quit during President Obama's term, saying that she had already served many years, RBG did not resign.
What is tenacity
What language did RBG learn while working on a legal project?
What is Swedish
What work out did RBG continue to do into her 80's that was named after her? It included planks, push-ups, squats, and resistant band exercises.
What is the RBG workout
What religion did RBG follow?
What is Judaism
What union did she partner with?
What is the ACLU (American Civil Liberties Union)
What trait does this quote symbolize?
"Fight for the things that you care about, but do it in a way that will lead others to join you." ~RBG
What is empathy?
How many times did RGB survive cancer?
What is 2 times!
Sadly though, she did die of cancer.
What is Ruth Bader Ginsburg's real first name?
(Bonus: Why did she change it?)
What is Joan Ruth Bader
What is because there were many other children in her class with the name Joan, so her teachers called her Ruth and it stuck
Why did RBG miss her graduation?
What is her mother passed away of cancer
In which Law school did RBG become the first female tenured professor?
What is Columbia Law.
What trait does this quote symbolize?
"Sometimes people say unkind or thoughtless things, and when they do, it is best to be a little hard of hearing—to tune out and not snap back in anger or impatience."
What is courage?
Who did she have to take care of during her time at law school and why?
Who is her 14 month old Jane Carol Ginsburg because her husband was diagnosed with cancer.
What was so special about RBG's collars?
What is she wore different collars to show what her opinion was on a case. For example, she had one gold jabot collar she wore which signified that majority people approved a case
What law schools did RBG go to?
(Bonus: Which school did she go to first?)
What are Harvard Law and Columbia Law
What is Harvard Law
RBG debated 6 gender discrimination cases before she served in the Supreme Court. How many of these 6 did she win?
What is 5 cases
What trait does this quote symbolize?
“When I’m sometimes asked when will there be enough [women on the supreme court]? And I say ‘When there are nine.’ People are shocked. But there’d been nine men, and nobody’s ever raised a question about that.”
What is vision?
What is one thing that the Supreme Court did not have until RBG advocated to get it?
What is a women's bathroom.
What is RBG's catchphrase?
What is "You can't spell truth without Ruth"