Retired Justice Sandra Day O’Connor passed away this morning at 93.
President Ronald Reagan nominated O’Connor on August 19, 1981.
The Senate confirmed O’Connor 99-0. Montana Sen. Max Baucus missed the vote. He apologized with the book A River Runs Through It.
O’Connor made history on September 25, 1981, when she became the first woman to sit on the United States Supreme Court.
O’Connor retired in 2006.
Born in El Paso, TX, O’Connor excelled in her studies. She earned a B.A. and a law degree from Stanford University.
O’Connor also made history in the Arizona State Senate when she earned the title of majority leader, making her the first woman in the country to hold a legislative leader position.
O’Connor began a term as a Maricopa County Superior Court Judge in 1975.
In 1979, O’Connor was appointed to the Arizona Court of Appeals.
O’Connor married John O’Connor in 1952. He preceded her in death in 2009.
O’Connor is survived by her three sons, Scott, Brian, and Jay, six grandchildren, and her brother Alan.
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