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Mar 15, 2019 · Sandra Day O'Connor, the first female U.S. Supreme Court justice, balances political and court life with raising her three sons in Arizona.
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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.
Dec 1, 2023 · Learn about the life and career of Sandra Day O’Connor, the first woman appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court. Find out about her family, education, achievements, health challenges and legacy.
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O’Connor’s Stanford legacy lives on in two of her three sons, Scott, ’79, and Jay, ’84. Scott remembers carrying a flag in his commencement processional, which enabled him to sit near his mother, then a trustee. “That was really fun for me,” he says. “She wasn’t famous then.”.
May 19, 2024 · Sandra Day grew up on a large family ranch near Duncan, Arizona. She received undergraduate (1950) and law (1952) degrees from Stanford University, where she met the future chief justice of the United States William Rehnquist. Upon her graduation she married a classmate, John Jay O’Connor III.
Dec 19, 2023 · Justice Sandra Day O’Connor was honored at her funeral service in Washington for her trailblazing role as the first woman on the U.S. Supreme Court. She died earlier this month at the age of...
Dec 19, 2023 · Dignitaries, loved ones and members of the public are gathering this week to honor former Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, the first woman to serve on the court, who died Dec. 1 at...
