While politicians heatedly debate over replacing Ginsburg on the court, others are reflecting on how she advocated for women's rights and how she tried to reach just decisions as a jurist.

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, a champion of women's rights and the Supreme Court's second female justice, died Sept. 18 at her home. Her work on sex discrimination cases early in her career helped accelerate gender equality in the U.S. Ginsburg was seen as a bastion for liberal values on the high court, where she authored a number of memorable opinions -- and became an unlikely pop culture icon.

In writing her poem, "In the Steps of RBG," Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer's message was: "Wow, you did it. And now, it's our turn."