The Woman Herself | Justice Seekers | Supreme Court Cases | Glass Ceiling Smashers |
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Bill Clinton
This president nominated RBG
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Mahatma Gandhi
International Day of Non-Violence commemorates this individual’s birthday
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Brown v. Board of Education (1954)
Holding: Separate schools are not equal.
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Sandra Day O'Connor
Who was the first woman to serve on the supreme court?
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Columbia
This is the university RBG received her JD from
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Marsha P Johnson
The “P” in this person’s name stood for “Pay it no mind.” which is her answer to questions about her gender.
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Obergefell v. Hodges (2015)
Holding: State bans on same-sex marriage are unconstitutional
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Malala Yousafzai
This activist is the youngest Nobel Peace Prize laureate
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Harvard
This is the university RBG began law school at
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Eleanor Roosevelt
This person was head of the the Human Rights Commission as instrumental in formulating the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
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Miranda v. Arizona (1966).
Holding: Police must inform suspects of their rights before questioning.
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Aretha Franklin
In 1987, this glass ceiling smasher was the first woman inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame
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1993
RBG was sworn into the Supreme Court in this year
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Nelson Mandela
In 1962, this person took on the alias of David Motsamayi and secretly left South Africa to rally support for the liberation movement and the African National Congress
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Loving v Virginia (1967)
Holding: Laws banning interracial marriage violate the Equal Protection and Due Clauses of the Fourteenth Amendment
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Madam C.J. Walker
This business was the richest self-made woman in America at the time of her death in 1919
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Women’s Rights Project
This ACLU project was launched by RBG
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Coretta Scott King
This civil rights activist was the first Black American to lie in state at the Georgia State Capitol
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Gideon v. Wainwright (1963)
Holding: Indigent defendants must be provided representation without charge.
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Tracey “Africa” Norman
This Black trans model was pictures in Italian Vogue in 1971, and is considered the first Black trans woman model to achieve prominence in the fashion industry
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