Sandra Day O’Conner
Sandra Day O’Connor’s 39th anniversary of being the first woman in Supreme Court Justice- 9/26/20
Sandra Day O’Connor was elected as the first female to be Supreme Court Justice on September 25, 1981. She was a rainbow girl in Texas where she graduated from Austin High School at the age of 16 and applied for Stanford University in California. She was a member of the Arizona senate, Judge of the Maricopa County Superior for Division 31, and Judge of the Arizona court appeals for division one before she became judge for Supreme Court Justice. She was judge for Supreme Court Justice alongside Sonia Sotomayor, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, and Elena Kagan until her retirement in 2006. Samuel Alito took Sandra Day O’Connor’s place after she retired. She is famous for talking about Alzheimer’s because her husband had Alzheimer’s and didn’t remember who she was so, she said it was okay if, he didn’t remember her as long as he loved her. Sandra Day O’Connor has 3 sons- Scott; Brian; and Jay, and she also has 2 siblings Ann and H. Alan Day. She married John Jay O’Connor on December 20th, 1952.
In Rainbow Love and Service,
Kassie, Quantico-Freedom #6
Tags: Influential Women, Quantico-Freedom