Justice Elena Kagan
“Ruth reached out to encourage and assist me in my career as she did for so many others, long before I came to the Supreme Court,” Kagan said. “And she guided and inspired me, on matters large and small, once I became her colleague. I will miss her - her intellect, her generosity, her sly wit, her manifest integrity, and her endless capacity for work - for the rest of my life.” (1970)

Ginsburg also introduced the Law School’s first Sex Discrimination Law course and seminar into the curriculum, to train future women’s rights advocates. (1970’s)

In 1972 when Ginsburg joined the Columbia Law School faculty, she co-founded the American Civil Liberties Union’s (ACLU) Women’s Rights Project in order to challenge laws that treated the sexes differently. Ruth Bader Ginsburg was the first female tenure professor at Columbia Law School. Which is only one of the many successes that she has accomplished throughout her years. Despite her background of being born in Brooklyn, she developed a powerful voice as a strategic litigator, teacher, feminist, scholar, judge, and advocate for gender equality not just within the courtroom, but beyond. 

wanted to get help from the WRP. The officers helped convince Ford to propose a grant to WRP.  Aryeh Neier was eager to accept their grant because it would provide support for WRP, but Ford stated that there was a condition, that the WRP could not support abortion rights. This was a major problem for the ACLU because they had already decided to involve themselves in trying to make abortion rights possible. But, the WRP needed funding from Ford to solve bigger issues. Aryeh Neier decided to create a separate program called the Reproductive Freedom Project. This project was to work with the WRP, but instead of being funded by Ford, they were funded by John D. Rockefeller III who let them support abortion rights. The WRP and the RFP both became the strongest projects for fighting for gender and reproductive equity.

 Another case where the WRP fought a case where women were being discriminated against in employment in America is the ‘UAW v. Johnson Controls’ case. In this case, the WRP made sure that women were given the opportunity to equal employment. This case paved the way for equality by providing a workplace that is protective of both sexes. This decision was a necessary step for all women in America because, without this decision, women would still be given fewer opportunities in an occupation based on their reproduction. 

As Ruth Bader Ginsburg has experienced discrimination all her life, according to ACLU, “Many of her cases involved sex discrimination against men, which she felt might rouse more sympathy among the male justices, and show that discrimination hurts everyone.” most of her cases that she had fought for were related to gender discrimination. Her well-known cases are all relating to the justice of equity and not only for women but also for men as well, just like the Weinberger v. Wiesenfeld case.