Sandra bullock Sandra Day O'Connor, 1st woman elected to the US Supreme Court
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.
On September 25, 1981 Sandra Day O'Connor was sworn in as the first female justice of the US Supreme Court. She retired in 2006.
President Ronald Reagan nominated Sandra Day O'Connor to the US Supreme Court in 1981. O'Connor, the first female justice on the Court, retired in January 2006 in order to spend more time with her husband, Jay, who has been diagnosed with Alzheimer's Disease. Justice Samuel Alito succeeded Justice O'Connor.
President Ronald Reagan nominated Sandra Day O'Connor to the US Supreme Court in 1981, and Antonin Scalia in 1986.
Justice Sandra Day O'Connor was the first woman to serve on the US Supreme Court. President Reagan nominated her in 1981; she retired in 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.
Former US Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor doesn't have her own school, but has had several schools named in her honor, including the law school at Arizona State University. All but one of the schools is in her home state of Arizona. Sandra Day O'Connor Elementary, Mesa, AZ Sandra Day O'Connor High School, Glendale, AZ Sandra Day O'Connor High School, Helotes, TX Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
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Justice O'Connor was eligible for full retirement benefits when she stepped down from the US Supreme Court in 2006. Her annual salary at that time was $208,100, which is also the retirement pay she receives from the federal government.
Justice Sandra Day O'Connor was the first woman to serve on the US Supreme Court. President Reagan nominated her in 1981; she retired in 2006 and was succeeded by Justice Samuel Alito.
Justice Sandra Day O'Connor joined the US Supreme Court on September 25, 1981; she remained the lone woman on the Court until President Clinton appointed Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg in 1993. Justice Ginsburg joined the Court on August 10, 1993, a total of 4,337 days or 11 years, 10 months, 16 days later.