Justice Sandra Day O'Connor

Sandra Day O'Connor is a member of the U.S. Supreme Court. 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 has 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 1952–1953 and as a civilian attorney for Quartermaster Market Center, Frankfurt, Germany from 1954–1957. From 1958–1960, she practiced law in Maryvale, Arizona, and served as Assistant Attorney General of Arizona from 1965–1969. She was appointed to the Arizona State Senate in 1969 and was subsequently reelected to two two-year terms. In 1975 she was elected Judge of the Maricopa County Superior Court and served until 1979, when she was appointed to the Arizona Court of Appeals. President Reagan nominated her as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court, and she took her seat September 25, 1981. Justice O’Connor retired from the Supreme Court on January 31, 2006.

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Sandra Day O’Connor was born in 1930, growing up in Arizona. She attended Stanford University, where she received her B.A. in economics in 1950 and received her Law degree from Stanford Law School.

In spite of graduating near the top of her class no law firm in California was willing to hire her as a lawyer. Her first job was as the Deputy County Attorney of San Mateo County. She retired from the Supreme court in 2006 after serving 25 years as the first woman to serve. Justice O’Connor was successfully treated for breast cancer in 1988 .