Only six women have served as justices on the Supreme Court. Sandra Day O'Connor made history when she became the first woman to serve in 1981. Ruth Bader Ginsburg (aka "The Notorious RBG") served from 1993 to 2020 as the first Jewish woman on the Supreme Court and was known widely for her dissents. Sonia Sotomayor was appointed in 2009, becoming the first Latina to sit on SCOTUS. In 2009, Elena Kagan became the first woman to serve as solicitor general of the United States and was confirmed to the Supreme Court the following year. Amy Coney Barrett was appointed in 2020 and is the fifth woman to serve as a Supreme Court Justice.