Which woman rose from a humble upbringing to become a us supreme court justice
a. eleanor roosevelt
b. amelia earhart
c. zora neale hurston
d. sonia sotomayor
e. frances willard

The woman who rose from a humble upbringing to become a US supreme court justice was D) Sonia Sotomayor. Sonia Sotomayor grew up in the Bronx, New York and was a child of immigrant parents from Puerto Rico. She had an alcoholic father and an emotionally distant mother but went on to attend Princeton and assumed office as a United States Supreme Court Justice August 8th, 2009.