AHA '10 Decades Project - 1980's

Historical figure
Person
Sandra day o cornor

Sandra day o cornor was in office September 25 1981 thru the day of January 31 2006. She was associated justice of supreme court of the united states. She was nominated by Ronald regan. Preceded by potter stewart and succeded by Samuel alito. She was the Arizona state senate majority leader she was in office from 1973 thru 1975. Sandra was born the day of march 26 1930 in el paso texas. Her political party was republican.

The first woman to serve on the Supreme Court, O’Connor was nominated by President Ronald Reagan and took her seat on Sept. 25, 1981. O’Connor, 78, was born in El Paso, Texas. She received her bachelor’s degree and law degree from Stanford University. She was appointed to the Arizona state Senate in 1969 and was subsequently re-elected to two two-year terms.

Soon after graduating, she married John Jay OConnor III, a classmate at law school. She became the mother of three sons. O Connors opinions have helped define a moderate middle ground in cases testing the boundaries between religion and government judging affirmative action laws and determining a woman's right to abortion. Though she considered retiring in the 1990s O Connor is thought to have postponed her retirement because a Democrat was in the White House. She finally retired in 2006.