On July 1, 1981, President Ronald Reagan interviewed Sandra Day
O'Connor as a candidate for the United States Supreme Court. A few
days later, he called her. "Sandra, I'd like to announce your
nomination to the Court tomorrow. Is that all right with you?"
Scared and wondering if this was a mistake, the little-known judge
from Arizona was on her way to becoming the first woman justice and
one of the most powerful women in the nation.
Born in El Paso, Texas, O'Connor grew up on the Lazy B, a cattle
ranch that spanned the Arizona-New Mexico border. There she learned
lifelong lessons about self-reliance, hard work, and the joy of the
outdoors.
Ann Carey McFeatters sketches O'Connor's formative years there
and at Stanford University and her inability to find a joblaw firms
had no interest in hiring a woman lawyer. McFeatters writes about
how O'Connor juggled marriage, a career in law and politics, three
sons, breast cancer, and the demands of fame.
In this second volume in the Women's Biography Series, we learn
how O'Connor became the Court's most important vote on such issues
as abortion, affirmative action, the death penalty, the role of
religion in society, and the election of a president, decisions
that shaped a generation of Americans.
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