She would later become the first woman in the nation to become a Senate majority leader in a legislature.Ĭhapter 4: Rise from a GOP activist to an Arizona lawmaker A tough and demanding judge - but fairĪfter her time in the Legislature, O'Connor ran for Maricopa County Superior Court judge and won.
23, 2021 Sandra Day O’Connor, with her husband, John, center, being sworn in as a Supreme Court associate justice by Chief Justice Warren. When she returned, she quickly rose to prominence with an appointment to the Arizona Senate. What We Lost When We Lost Sandra Day O’Connor Sept. Part of her reason for leaving was to spend more time with her spouse, John Jay O'Connor III, who suffered from Alzheimer's. O'Connor returned to work as an assistant state attorney general for Arizona in 1965, after taking a break from her career to raise her family. O'Connor retired from the court on January 31, 2006. OConnor took only two years to complete law school and met her future husband, John Jay OConnor, while in law school. She had an especially difficult time finding a job after graduating because so many law firms wouldn't interview or hire her because she was a woman.Ĭhapter 3: Breaking barriers as a young lawyer Rise from Republican activist to Arizona lawmaker She told them the country needed to get 'deadly. A fter graduating in 1952, Sandra Day OConnor couldnt find a law firm willing to give her a job. In 2008, O'Connor spoke publicly to a special Senate committee on aging about the difficulties of caring for a loved one with Alzheimer's disease. O'Connor applied to Stanford at 16, and only continued to break barriers from there - in her studies, her life and her early legal career. In this March 9, 2004, photo, then-Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor and her husband John, attend an awards ceremony in Huntington, N.Y.
Sandra Day O'Connor graduated high school at 16 and attended Stanford.
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