Ruth Ginsburg and Sonia Sotomayor both struggled to be able to become judges and over came many challenges to achieve their goals. Ruth Ginsburg struggled trying to become a judge; she was constantly turned down jobs but she kept pushing for what she wanted and got there. Sonia Sotomayor faced many challenges growing up, but with new technology it made her challenges easier and became who she is today. Ruth Ginsburg had to overcome discrimination to achieve what she hoped for. In the text "Ruth Bader Ginsburg" it states, "She was only one of nine women in a class of 600 law students in the late 1950s at Harvard. The dean of the school asked the women why they were taking places that could have gone to men." That evidence shows that Ruth Ginsburg struggled to become a judge and people would tell her that a man could do it better and only men should be in the supreme court. In the text "Ruth Bader …show more content…
In the text "Sonia Sotomayor" it states, "When she was seven years old, she was diagnosed with type-1 diabetes. There were no disposable needles for her insulin. She had to boil the needle to sterilize it. Sotomayor's father died when she was nine years old, and her mother worked long hours to take care of her and her brother." This evidence shows that growing up was not easy for Sonia Sotomayor, she had to go through so much just as a child. In the text "Sonia Sotomayor" it says, "In 1992, President George H. W. Bush appointed her to the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. She was the youngest member of the court. In 1998, President Bill Clinton appointed her to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, she sits on the highest court in our nation." This evidence shows that Sonia Sotomayor had to go through so much and was able to be loved by so many and is on the highest court in our nation, as well as the first Latina to do