President Barack Obama nominated Justice Sotomayor in May 2009; she was confirmed by the Senate and joined the Supreme Court on August 8, 2009.
Sandra Day OÕConner was the first woman to be appointed to the United States Supreme Court. She was appointed in 1981. She has overcome career struggles and criticism to be the first female Justice.
Sandra Day O'Connor (born March 26, 1930) is a retired Supreme Court Justice. She was the first woman appointed to be a Justice of the US Supreme Court; President Reagan appointed her in 1981. She served till 2006.
President Ronald Reagan appointed Sandra Day O'Connor, the first woman to serve on the Supreme Court, in 1981.O'Connor retired in January 2006 and was succeeded by sitting Justice Samuel Alito.
Yes. Sandra Day Oconner was appointed by President Reagan and recently retired. There are currently three women serving on the the Supreme Court.
Ronald Reagan appointed Sandra Day O'Connor, the first woman to serve on the Supreme Court, in 1981. O'Connor retired in January 2006.
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Sandra Day O'ConnorRonald Reagan appointed the first woman to serve as a justice of the US Supreme Court, Sandra Day O'Connor. She was sworn in on September 25, 1981, and retired in 2006.
No, Justice Sonia Sotomayor is the third woman appointed to the US Supreme Court. President Reagan appointed Sandra Day O'Connor as the first woman to serve on the Court in 1981; President Clinton appointed Ruth Bader Ginsberg in 1993; President Obama appointed Sonia Sotomayor in 2009 and Elena Kagan in 2010. In all, four women have served on the US Supreme Court; three are still active.
Yes. President Lyndon B. Johnson appointed Justice Thurgood Marshall to the US Supreme Court in 1967. He served until his retirement in 1991. President Ronald Reagan appointed Justice Sandra Day O'Connor to the US Supreme Court in 1981. She served until her retirement in 2006.
President Reagan appointed Justice Sandra Day O'Connor to the US Supreme Court in 1981. She was sworn in on September 25, 1981 and retired on January 31, 2006.
Justice Sandra Day O'Connor was 51 years old in 1981 when President Reagan appointed her as the first woman to serve on the US Supreme Court.
The first woman to be appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court was Sandra Day O'Connor. She was officially sworn in and took her seat on September 25, 1981.