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Dec 18, 2023 · Beyond her trailblazing role as the first woman appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court, Justice Sandra Day O’Connor considered iCivics – a civics education nonprofit founded after she retired from the court – to be her “ most important legacy .”. “The practice of democracy is not passed down through the gene pool,” O’Connor once ...
Dec 1, 2023 · 2:22. Sandra Day O'Connor was best known for her work on the U.S. Supreme Court, but her name and legacy abound in the Phoenix area, where her house remains and civics initiatives she pioneered ...
Dec 1, 2023 · Sandra Day O’Connor, who in 1981 became the first woman appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court and who wrote opinions on important education issues such as affirmative action, private school vouchers, and sex discrimination before devoting herself in retirement to improving civics education, died Friday at age 93.
Dec 15, 2023 · While iCivics targets K-12 students, O’Connor considered the need for civics education to extend more broadly. She once observed that polls have shown that only a third of the public could name ...
Dec 22, 2023 · Mourners look at a portrait as they pay their respects as the flag-draped casket of retired Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor lies in the Great Hall at the Supreme Court in Washington, D ...
O'Connor's legacy of service and interest in bolstering civics live on through the Sandra Day O'Connor Institute. The institute outlines civics education, civic engagement and civil discourse as ...
Sandra Day O'Connor (March 26, 1930 – December 1, 2023) was an American attorney, politician, and jurist who served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1981 to 2006. Nominated by President Ronald Reagan, O'Connor was the first woman to serve as a U.S. Supreme Court justice. [5] [6] A moderate conservative ...
