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Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Supreme Court justice and legal pioneer for gender equality, dies at 87

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Sep 18, 2020

Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the second woman to serve on the high court and a legal pioneer for gender equality whose fierce opinions as a justice made her a hero to the left, died Sept. 18 at her home in Washington. She was 87.

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