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Sandra Day O’Connor (Retired), Associate Justice, was born in El Paso, Texas, March 26, 1930. She married John Jay O’Connor III in 1952 and had three sons—Scott, Brian, and Jay. She received her B.A. and LL.B. from Stanford University. She served as Deputy County Attorney of San Mateo County, California, from 1952 to 1953 and as a ...
Dec 1, 2023 · Sandra Day O'Connor does the pledge of allegiance while attending a citizenship hearing in Gilbert, Arizona, in 2005. Matt York/AP O'Connor, right, was born March 26, 1930, in El Paso, Texas.
In 1981, when Ronald Reagan nominated Sandra Day O’Connor to become the first female justice on the Supreme Court, the bulletin led every TV news broadcast and major newspaper in the country and ...
Dec 1, 2023 · Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor waving to a crowd from the U.S. Capitol steps on the day that the Senate confirmed her to the position in 1981. Photo via Getty Images
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.
Dec 1, 2023 · Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, the first female justice of the Supreme Court, is sworn in by Chief Justice Warren Burger in the court's conference room in Washington on Sept. 25, 1981.
Dec 19, 2023 · Biden hailed Sandra O'Connor's work for empowering women: "Sandra Day O'Connor, the daughter of the American West, was a pioneer in her own right, breaking down the barriers of legal and political ...
