![]() She has also served on the Arizona Board of Junior Achievement, the Board of Directors of the Phoenix Historical Society, the Liaison Committee on Medical Education and as Vice-President and Advisory Board member of the National Conference of Christians and Jews, Maricopa County California. But Sandra Day OConnors story is that of a woman who. Supreme Court, she served in many civic positions including President of the Board of Trustees for The Heard Museum Board of Advisors for the Salvation Army Vice-President of the Soroptimist Club of Phoenix, Arizona Board of Visitors for the Arizona State University Law School, Secretary and member of the Board of Directors of Arizona Academy and the Board of Trustees at Stanford University. When she graduated near the top of her class at law school in 1952, no firm would even interview her. Justice O'Connor is a current member of the National Board of the Smithsonian Associates. She also served as a civilian attorney for Quartermaster Market Center, Frankfurt, Germany, an Assistant Attorney General in Arizona, and had a private law practice for a time. O'Connor began her law career as a deputy county attorney for the San Mateo County, California. As a graduate of Stanford Law School in a field that was not always welcoming to women, OConnor applied the work ethic that she learned at a very early age to. Senate in September and took office on September 25, 1981, to become the first woman U. ![]() Then, she went to law school and became a lawyer. Justice O'Connor was confirmed by the U.S. She earned a bachelors degree in economics, which is the study of money and wealth. On July 7, 1981, former President Ronald Reagan nominated her to the U.S. OConnor High School is honored to partner with the Gilder Lehrman Institute to offer a four-year advanced studies program, The Academy of American Studies. In 1979 O'Connor was appointed to the Arizona Court of Appeals by Governor Bruce Babbitt, a position she held until 1981. In 1975 she was elected to the Maricopa County Superior Court in Phoenix, Arizona, and served as a trial court judge from 1975 to 1979. She received undergraduate and law degrees from Stanford University. Sandra Day grew up on a large family ranch near Duncan, Arizona. ![]() She was known for her balanced and dispassionate opinions. O'Connor served as a state senator in the Arizona legislature and was elected Senate Majority Leader in 1972. Sandra Day O’Connor was an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1981 to 2006. She also took her law degree from Stanford where she served on the Stanford Law Review and graduated Order of the Coif. conference on Civics Education, including a noon-time conversation with Justice Sandra Day OConnor, Justice David Souter, and other special guests. ![]() This year, BYU Law admitted its first predominantly female. Justice O'Connor graduated magna cum laude from Stanford University. 27 years ago today, Sandra Day OConnor became the first woman appointed to the Supreme Court. ![]()
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