NEW: President Joe Biden signed off on Capitol statues honoring Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Sandra Day O’Connor, the first two women to serve on the Supreme Court.
The bill he approved Wednesday directs the Joint Committee of Congress on the Library, which oversees art on the Capitol complex, to have the statues located near the Old Supreme Court Chamber of the Capitol and to consider selecting an artist from"underrepresented demographic groups" to make the statues.
O'Connor became the first female associate justice to serve on the Supreme Court in 1981, nominated by former President Ronald Reagan. She sat on the court until she retired in 2006 to care for her husband who was suffering from Alzheimer's disease.Ginsburg, hailed as a champion of women's rights and the first Jewish woman to serve on the Supreme Court, was nominated by former President Bill Clinton in 1993 and served until her death in 2020.
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