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November 20, 1910

Pauli Murray Born

Pauli Murray, civil rights activist, lawyer, poet, and first African American woman ordained as an Episcopal priest, was born in Baltimore, Maryland.

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March 15, 1933

Ruth Bader Ginsburg Born

Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Supreme Court justice who cited Pauli Murray's civil rights work in her gender equality arguments, was born in Brooklyn.

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