After losing her mother at the age of 17, Ruth Bader Ginsburg made her way to the Supreme Court of The United States by putting in the effort and remaining calm in her opponents' face. Throughout her profession, she was regarded as a moderate and remembered for her serious and quiet demeanor. Only after President Bush placed two new conservative judges in the Supreme Court did she sense the need to voice dissents that captured the public – making her a pop icon and modern feminist hero.

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