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21 September 2020CopyrightSarah Morgan

In memoriam: women’s rights champion Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the second woman to sit on the US Supreme Court, passed away on Friday, September 18, due to complications from pancreatic cancer.

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