It was different because many people were facing difficult issues such as discrimination and many innocent lives were being taken as well as dictators ruling over and trying to end certain races and their existence also. It was far from normal because of the violence and deaths occurring due to the very advancing technologies and weapons.
The correct answer to this open question is the following.
Some Ruth Bader Ginsburg's significant achievements from her professional career before being named to the Supreme Court were the following,
She always supported women's rights and more presence of women in all areas of American social life. She had a reputation of being a successful attorney who was ethical and never was questioned about her procedures. She was also part of the board of ACLU, the American Civil Liberties Union. She is considered one of the brightest minds in the judiciary system of the United States and is a great loss to the Supreme Court.
Plate tectonics is what you are referring to?