Sandra Day O'Connor, First Woman on the Supreme Court, Now Belongs to the Ages

Part of a Mini-Course on Supreme Court history

Sandra Day O’Connor (1930-2023), the first woman nominated to the Supreme Court (by President Ronald Reagan in 1981 — she served until 2006 —died at the age of 93. The retrospectives are pouring in. She empowered generations of women, President Biden said. Chief Justice John Roberts observed that she had no example to follow and still was “so successful…