(CNN) — Here is a look at the life of US Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.

Marriage: Martin David Ginsburg (June 23, 1954-June 27, 2010, his death)

Education: Cornell University, B.A., 1954; Harvard Law School, 1956-1958; Kent scholar, Columbia Law School, LL.B., 1959

Served on the DC federal appeals court with Justice Clarence Thomas.

Launched the American Civil Liberties Union’s (ACLU) Women’s Rights Project.

Named one of Forbes Magazine’s 100 Most Powerful Women from 2004 through 2011.

1959-1961 – Law clerk to a judge in the Southern District of New York.

1961-1963 – Works as a researcher and associate director for Columbia Law School’s Project on International Procedure.

1963-1972 – Professor at Rutgers University School of Law.

1972-1980 – Professor at Columbia Law School. She is the first woman to be hired with tenure at Columbia Law School.