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About Sandra Day O'Connor
Sandra Day O'Connor 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. Nominated by President Ronald Reagan, O'Connor was the first woman to serve as a U.S. Supreme Court justice. A moderate conservative, she was considered a swing vote. Before O'Connor's tenure on the Court, she was an Arizona state judge and earlier an elected legislator in Arizona, serving as the first female majority leader of a state senate as the Republican leader in the Arizona Senate. Upon her nomination to the Court, O'Connor was confirmed unanimously by the United States Senate.
Everything about Sandra Day O'Connor →- Occupation
- judge, lawyer, politician, jurist
- Position held
- Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, Chancellor of the College of William & Mary, member of the State Senate of Arizona
- Citizenship
- United States
- Born
- March 26, 1930
- Died
- December 1, 2023