As Women’s History Month 2022 winds down, it is especially appropriate to recognize two groundbreaking careers:

The late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg deserves special recognition for her commitment to gender equity and human rights. On March 30, Justice Ginsburg will posthumously receive the National Museum of American History’s signature honor, the “Great Americans” medal. Her children will accept the medal on their mother’s behalf.

Ketanji Brown Jackson is the first Black woman nominated to the Supreme Court. Of the 120 Supreme Court justices who have served in its history, 115 have been men, and 117 have been White. Jackson graduated magna cum laude from Harvard University, then attended Harvard Law School, where she graduated cum laude and was an editor of the Harvard Law Review. Her experience ranges from public defender to judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit.