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Sandra Day O'Connor, America's first woman justice, became the axis on which the Supreme Court turned. She was called the most powerful woman in America, and it was often said that to gauge the direction of American law, one need look only to O'Connor's vote. Then, just one year short of a quarter century on the bench, she surprised her colleagues and the nation by announcing her retirement. Drawing on information from once-private papers of the justices,...

Traces the life of the first woman appointed an associate justice of the highest court in the country.

A career biography of Supreme Court Associate Justice Sandra Day O'Connor.

For 191 years the U.S. Supreme Court was populated only by men. When Ronald Reagan nominated Sandra Day O'Connor as the first female justice in 1981, the announcement dominated the news. A pioneer who both reflected and shaped an era, in her 25 years as justice she was the swing vote in cases about some of the 20th century's most controversial issues-including race, gender and reproductive rights.

A biography of Sandra Day O'Connor who, in 1981, became the first woman appointed as Supreme Court justice and retired in 2006.

A biography of the first woman to be appointed as a justice of the United States Supreme Court, giving background on her earlier legal career.

Introduces the life and accomplishments of the first woman to be named to the Supreme Court.