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Dec 1, 2023 · Sandra Day O’Connor was the first woman appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court, serving from 1981 to 2006. Read about her career, accomplishments, and more.
Dec 1, 2023 · Sandra Day O’Connor, the first female Supreme Court Justice of the United States, was one of the most influential Americans of the 1980s and 1990s. She dealt with indignities ranging from having to accept a job for no pay after she graduated from law school to the lack of a women’s restroom at the Supreme Court when she was first confirmed ...
Sandra Day O'Connor made history in 1981 when she was sworn in by then Chief Justice Warren Burger as the first woman to serve on the United States Supreme Court in its 191-year history. Appointed by President Ronald Reagan, it was O'Connor’s intelligence and grit that made her a transformational figure in the nation's highest court of law.
Sep 23, 2021 · This was published in 2021 to mark the 40th anniversary of Sandra Day O’Connor taking a seat on the Supreme Court. She died on Friday, Dec. 1, 2023. This has been a month of sad remembrances ...
Dec 1, 2023 · Sandra Day O’Connor was President Ronald Reagan’s first nominee to the Supreme Court. O'Connor was a swing vote in many major cases, including on abortion and affirmative action.
Justice Sandra Day O’Connor was appointed to the Supreme Court by President Ronald Reagan, and served from 1981 until 2006. Beginning with her childhood growing up on her family’s ranch, the exhibition recalls her life before joining the Supreme Court, her service and accomplishments on the Court, and her continuing legacy off the Court.
Dec 2, 2023 · When Laney Serface was a young girl growing up in Northern California, she pinned a news article about Sandra Day O’Connor among the ephemera of theater tickets and photographs on her bulletin ...
