The cultural and liberal icon's journey from a modest home in Brooklyn to becoming the second woman ever to serve as a justice on the US's highest court, has left an indelible mark on the nation's history. She often mentioned that she wanted to be remembered as an individual who did something outside herself, “Someone who used whatever talent she had to do her work to the very best of her ability. And to help repair tears in her society, to make things a little better through the use of whatever ability she has.”