NEW YORK, Oct. 16 (Xinhua) -- A bronze statue of late U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg will be erected in her hometown of Brooklyn in New York City next March on what would be the legal trailblazer's 88th birthday, USA Today reported on Friday.

The statue "will commemorate her leadership in the struggle for gender equality and society's broader march for human rights," and it will be installed during Women's History Month next year, the group behind the work said in a statement.

The artists who created the statue worked with Ginsburg and got her approval for the sculpture, which "reflects her wish to be depicted in a dignified manner," according to their statement.

"With the two steps on its large base representing the Supreme Court and the climb she made to get there, the work is designed to provide the public with an opportunity to stand at her side, and gain inspiration from her journey fighting for equal rights," it added.

The statue is just the latest announcement of plans to honor Ginsburg in Brooklyn.

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio and New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo have respectively announced their plans to establish a statue of Ginsburg in the NYC borough.

Ginsburg was an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1993 until her death on Sept. 18 this year. The second female justice on the U.S. highest court, Ginsburg, 87, was widely acclaimed as a legal pioneer advocating gender equality. Enditem

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