--- title: Ruth Bader Ginsburg Supreme Court Justice: Young Photos description: From camp rabbi to Cornell student, mother to Supreme Court Justice, Ruth Bader Ginsburg has proved to be a powerful presence canonical: https://time.com/3714172/ruth-bader-ginsburg-young-photos/ author: TIME Photo article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-02-18T22:29:37.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-05-11T05:05:33.581Z article:section: Politics og:title: Ruth Bader Ginsburg Supreme Court Justice: Young Photos og:description: From camp rabbi to Cornell student, mother to Supreme Court Justice, Ruth Bader Ginsburg has proved to be a powerful presence og:url: https://time.com/3714172/ruth-bader-ginsburg-young-photos/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3c64eb1f2baf3370/69877fe15f570f5bd6b15572/ruth-bader-ginsburg-supreme-court-justice-young-photo-31.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2048 og:image:height: 1152 og:image:alt: Ruth Bader Ginsburg Supreme Court Justice Young Photos og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Ruth Bader Ginsburg Supreme Court Justice: Young Photos twitter:description: From camp rabbi to Cornell student, mother to Supreme Court Justice, Ruth Bader Ginsburg has proved to be a powerful presence twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3c64eb1f2baf3370/69877fe15f570f5bd6b15572/ruth-bader-ginsburg-supreme-court-justice-young-photo-31.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # See Ruth Bader Ginsburg Grow from Toddler to Supreme Court Justice > Sponsored content. 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Collection of the Supreme Court of the United States by [TIME Photo](https://time.com/author/time-photo/) ## TIME Photo Feb 18, 2015 10:29 PM UTC  August 2, 1935 Childhood photograph of Ruth Bader taken when she was two years old. Collection of the Supreme Court of the United States  1948 Ruth Bader delivers a sermon as camp Rabbi at the age of 15, at Che-Na-Wah camp in Minerva, N.Y. Collection of the Supreme Court of the United States  December, 1953 Studio photograph of Ruth Bader, taken in Dec. 1953 when she was a Senior at Cornell University. Collection of the Supreme Court of the United States  Fall, 1954 Martin D. Ginsburg and Ruth Bader Ginsburg taken in the fall while Martin Ginsburg served in the Army, before being drafted, stationed at Artillery Village in Fort Sill, Okla. Martin Ginsburg was drafted into the Army in 1954. Collection of the Supreme Court of the United States  Summer 1958 Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Martin Ginsburg play with their three-year old daughter, Jane, in her bedroom at Martin's parents' home in Rockville Centre, N.Y Collection of the Supreme Court of the United States  Fall 1980 Judge Ruth Bader Ginsburg during her first term as a United States Circuit Judge to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia. Collection of the Supreme Court of the United States  December, 1980 Ruth Bader Ginsburg, her husband Martin Ginsburg, and their children James and Jane in a boat off the shore of St. Thomas in the Virgin Islands. Collection of the Supreme Court of the United States  1972 Ruth Bader Ginsburg with her husband Martin at the Greenbrier resort in White Sulphur Springs, W.V. Collection of the Supreme Court of the United States  Oct. 1, 1993 Informal portrait of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg standing before the mantle in the Justices' Dining Room in Washington. Collection of the Supreme Court of the United States  August 10, 1993 Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is sworn in as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court. From left to right stand President Bill Clinton, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Martin Ginsburg, and Chief Justice William Rehnquist. 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