Southern Arizona Living Legends: Sandra Day O'Connor
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Before becoming the first woman to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court, Sandra Day O'Connor served on the Arizona Court of Appeals and in the Arizona Senate. She spent much of her young life on the family ranch in Southeastern Arizona.
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- MICHAEL EVANS
Sandra Day O'Connor is sworn in as an Associate Justice by Chief Justice Warren Burger at the Supreme Court in Washington, D.C. on Friday, Sept. 25, 1981. Holding two family bibles, at center, is husband John J. O'Connor. (AP Photo/Michael Evans)
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- MATT YORK
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor pledges alligence to the flag Saturday, Sept. 17, 2005 at an open-air Immigration and Naturalization citizenship hearing in Gilbert, Ariz. Justice O'Connor presided over the citizenship hearing where 52 nationals from 17 countries took the oath of citizenship to the United States. (AP Photo/Matt York)
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- JAMES NIELSEN
Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, an El Paso native, dons a cowboy hat, given to her during an event at the University of Houston Law Center, Thursday, March 10, 2005, in Houston. (AP Photo/James Nielsen, Pool)
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- BEN MARGOT
Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court Sandra Day O'Connor listens during the 2004 9th Circuit Judicial Conference Thursday, July 22, 2004, in Monterey, Calif. (AP Photo/Ben Margot)
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- BEN MARGOT
Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, Sandra Day O'Connor gestures while speaking to members of the 2004 9th Circuit Judicial Conference Thursday, July 22, 2004, in Monterey, Calif. (AP Photo/Ben Margot)
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- ADELE STARR
Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor smiles as teh crowd applauds after she received the Senator John Heinz Award for Greatest Public Service by an Elected or Appointed Official during a ceremony at the American Institute for Public Service Jefferson Awards Tuesday, June 22, 2004, in Washington. (AP Photo/Adele Starr)
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- Marcy Nighswander
Sandra Day O'Connor, Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, is shown, Dec. 1993. (AP Photo/Marcy Nighswander)
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- Bob Daugherty
Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor poses for a photo in the Supreme Court Building, Washington, April 15, 1988. (AP Photo/Bob Daugherty)
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- Anonymous
Former Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart, left, and his replacement on the court, Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O?Connor, applaud President Reagan as he gives his State of the Union speech to a joint session of Congress in Washington, Jan. 26, 1982. Mrs. O?Connor is the first woman to sit on the court. (AP Photo)
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Associate Justice of the Supreme Court Sandra Day O'Connor poses for a photo with President Ronald Reagan and Chief Justice Warren Burger shortly after she was sworn into the court in Washington, Sept. 25, 1981. O'Connor becomes the 102nd justice, the first woman to hold the position. (AP Photo)
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Supreme Court Justice-designate Sandra Day OÃConnor, right, poses with first lady Nancy Reagan, Chief Justice of the United States Warren Burger and President Ronald Reagan during a reception for U.S. Apellate Court judges at the White House in Washington, Sept. 24, 1981. (AP Photo)
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Judge Sandra Day OÃConnor, smiles as she arrives for the start of her confirmation hearings before the Senate Judiciary Committee in Capitol Hill in Washington for the post of Supreme Court Associate Justice, Sept. 9, 1981. (AP Photo)
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Sen. Barry Goldwater (R-Ariz.), and Supreme Court nominee Judge Sandra Day OÃConnor chat prior to the start of her confirmation hearings before the Senate Judiciary Committee, Sept. 9, 1981 on Capitol Hill in Washington. OÃConnor is a judge in the state of Arizona. (AP Photo)
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- Cook
Supreme Court nominee Sandra Day OÃConnor visits with Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah in his Capitol Hill office on Wednesday, July 15, 1981 in Washington. Hatch presented OÃConnor with a ìI Love Utahî button which she has attached to her jacket. (AP Photo/Cook)
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- Charles Tasnadi
Sen. Strom Thurmond (R-S.C.), shakes hands with Supreme Court nominee Sandra Day OÃConnor, along with Attorney General William French Smith on Capitol Hill in Washington, July 14, 1981. OÃConnor is an appeals court judge in Arizona and Thurmond chairs the Senate Judiciary Committee. (AP Photo/Charles Tasnadi)
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- Jeff Taylor
Sandra Day OÃConnor, President Ronald ReaganÃs nominee to be a Supreme Court Justice, poses with Attorney General William French Smith at the Justice Department in Washington on Tuesday, July 14, 1981. OÃConnor is conducting a series of meeting on Tuesday, with Smith and numerous Congressional leaders. (AP Photo/Jeff Taylor)
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United States Supreme Court Associate Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, 1992. (AP Photo)
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- HARRY CABLUCK
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor is shown before administering the oath of office to members of the Texas Supreme Court, Monday, Jan. 6, 2003, in Austin, Texas. (AP Photo/Harry Cabluck)
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- LINDA RADIN
Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor delivers the commencement address at New York Law School's 100th graduation ceremony in Manhattan, June 10, 1992. Justice O'Connor also received an honorary Doctor of Laws degree during the ceremony. (AP Photo/Linda Radin)
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- BOB DAUGHERTY
Members of the U.S. Supreme Court pose for a formal portrait in Washington, April 15, 1988. From left, front row are: Associate Justices Thurgood Marshall; William Brennan, Jr.; Chief Justice William Rehnquist; Byron White; and Harry Blackmun. Back row from left are: Antonin Scalia; John Paul Stevens; Sandra Day O'Connor; and the court's newest member, Anthony M. Kennedy. (AP Photo/Bob Daugherty)
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- Neal Ulevich
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor and her husband John J. O'Connor visit the Great Wall of China at Badaling, north of Beijing, Aug. 28, 1987. (AP Photo/Neal Ulevich)
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- BOB DAUGHERTY
Members of the U.S. Supreme Court pose for a formal group portrait in Washington, Nov. 12, 1986. Front row, from left are: Thurgood Marshall; William Brennan, Jr.; Chief Justice William Rehnquist; Byron White; and Harry Blackmun. From left in back row: Sandra Day O'Connor; Lewis Powell, Jr.; John Paul Stevens; and Antonin Scalia. (AP Photo/Bob Daugherty)
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- LANA HARRIS
The Honorable Sandra Day O'Connor, justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, is shown, June 24, 1985. (AP Photo/Lana Harris)
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- ED REINKE
President Reagan poses with Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor and her husband John J. O'Connor, right, in Oval Office, Sept. 23, 1983. Justice O'Connor and her husband were guests of the president who was recognizing the second anniversary of her appointment to the Supreme Court. (AP Photo/Ed Reinke)
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- JACK THORNELL
Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor appears in New Orleans in Sept. 1982. (AP Photo/Jack Thornell)
Sandra Day O'Connor
- JACK THORNELL
Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor is seen in New Orleans in Sept. 1982. (AP Photo/Jack Thornell)
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Sandra Day O'Connor, Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court, is shown in 1982. (AP Photo)
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- ASSOCIATED PRESS
A robed Sandra Day O'Connor walks down the steps of the U.S. Supreme Court, Sept. 25, 1981, with Chief Justice of the United States Warren Burger. (AP Photo)
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Sandra Day O'Connor and Chief Justice Warren Burger pose for pictures at the U.S. Supreme Court building in Washington, Sept. 25, 1981. O'Connor will be sworn in as the first female justice of the Supreme Court later this afternoon. (AP Photo)
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- RON EDMONDS
Sandra Day O'Connor, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court, second from right, poses with President Ronald Reagan and first lady Nancy Reagan, right, and Chief Justice Warren Burger following her swearing in at the Supreme Court in Washington, Sept. 25, 1981. O'Connor's husband, John O'Connor, is seen at far right. O'Connor. (AP Photo/ Ron Edmonds)
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- RON EDMONDS
Supreme Court Associate Justice Sandra Day O'Connor poses with Chief Justice Warren Burger after her swearing in at the Supreme Court in Washington, D.C. Sept. 25, 1981. (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds)
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- SCOTT APPLEWHITE
Sandra Day O'Connor waves to photographers after her unanimous confirmation by the U.S. Senate to the Supreme Court on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. on Sept. 21, 1981. Standing with O'Connor, from left to right, are: Attorney General William French Smith, Sen. Barry Goldwater, R-Ariz., Sen. Dennis DeConcini, D-Ariz., Vice President George Bush, and Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Sen. Strom Thurmond, R-S.C. (AP Photo/Scott Applewhite)
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- DENNIS COOK
Supreme Court nominee Sandra Day O'Connor ducks under a potted plant in the lobby of a Washington apartment building, Sept. 15, 1981, on her way to meet newsmen to make a statement on the confirmation vote by the Senate Judiciary Committee earlier that day, to recommend to the full Senate that she be named to the high court. (AP Photo/Dennis Cook)
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- JOHN DURICKA
Supreme Court nominee Sandra Day O'Connor raises her right hand to be sworn in before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. on Sept. 9, 1981. (AP Photo/John Duricka)
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- RON EDMONDS
Supreme Court nominee Sandra Day O'Connor smiles during her confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee, Sept. 9, 1981. (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds)
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- SCOTT APPLEWHITE
Sandra Day O'Connor waves as she arrives at the U.S. Capitol in Washington in Sept. 1981, shortly after her nomination to the Supreme Court is confirmed by the Senate. Walking behind O'Connor are, from left, Sen. Barry Goldwater, R-Ariz., Attorney General William French Smith, Sen. Strom Thurmond, R-S.C., who chairs the Senate Judiciary Committee, and Sen. Dennis DeConcini, D-Ariz. (AP Photo/Scott Applewhite)
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- BOB DAUGHERTY
Sandra Day O'Connor poses with her family and Chief Justice Warren Burger on the steps of the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington in Sept. 1981. This photo was taken prior to her swearing in as an associate justice of the supreme court. From left to right are: O'Connor's father Harry Day, husband John J. O'Connor, mother Ada Mae Day, Sandra Day O'Connor, Warren Burger, and O'Connor's sons, Brian, Jay and Scott. (AP Photo/Bob Daugherty)
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- BARRY THUMMA
Supreme Court nominee Sandra Day O'Connor and Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass., make a statement to reporters, July 17, 1981, on Capitol Hill. (AP Photo/Barry Thumma)
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- ASSOCIATED PRESS
President Reagan presents his Supreme Court nominee Sandra Day O'Connor to members of the press, July 15, 1981, in the Rose Garden at the White House prior to the start of a meeting between the two which took place in the Oval Office. (AP Photo)
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- CHARLES TASNADI
Supreme Court nominee Sandra Day O'Connor is shown on arrival at Washington National Airport, July 1981. (AP Photo/Charles Tasnadi)
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- MATTHEW CAVANAUGH
Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor gestures while speaking to students at Gonzaga College High School in Washington in this, May 1, 2003 file photo, prior to the screening of a C-SPAN documentary on O'Connor that was filmed earlier. C-SPAN and cable company Comcast connected schools with some of the nation's top officials during C-SPAN's ``Students and Leaders'' series, featuring 40 public figures who visit schools in and around Washington to give young people in-the-flesh civics lessons. (AP Photo/Matthew Cavanaugh, File) JUNE 22, 2003 A3 Photo: O'Connor
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- BEN KIRKBY / ARIZONA DAILY STAR
Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor speaks with a group of around 100 women participating in a leadership conference Friday February 5th, 1999 sponsored by the Southern chapter of the Arizona Women Lawyers Assoc. at Westward Look Resort. Other speakers included Gov. Jane Hull. Judge Mary Shroeder and Justice Ruth McGregor. Photo by Ben Kirkby.
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- Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
Former Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor smiles as her sister's colleagues share stories and tributes during a memorial for former Pima County Supervisor Ann Day at Brandi Fenton Memorial Park on May 14, 2016, in Tucson, Ariz. Close to 300 family members, friends and former colleagues spoke at the ceremony for Day, who was killed in a car crash last Saturday by an alleged impaired driver.
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Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor. Undated (c. late 1980's) Star file photo.
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- Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
Former Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor speaks at the Tucson Festival of Books on Saturday, March 15, 2014, on the University of Arizona campus in Tucson, Ariz. The free annual two-day festival features scores of author discussions, signings, food, and games and activities for kids. The event lasts until 5:30 p.m. on Sunday.
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Retired U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor speaks during a press conference to announce a voter participation and civic engagement initiative at the YWCA located at 525 Bonita Avenue. Thursday July 19, 2012. Tucson, Arizona photo by: Mamta Popat/Arizona Daily Star
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- Mamta Popat/Arizona Daily Star
Retired U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, center, poses for a photo with Janis Gallego as Pauline Hechler takes the photo. O'Connor spoke at a gathering to announce a voter participation and civic engagement initiative at the YWCA located at 525 Bonita Avenue. Thursday July 19, 2012. Tucson, Arizona photo by: Mamta Popat/Arizona Daily Star
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- JAMES S. WOOD / ARIZONA DAILY STAR
Former Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, middle, walks with her grand-niece Caitlin Watters, after visiting Esperero Canyon Middle School with her sister Pima County Supervisor Ann Day, to talk with 7th and 8th graders about her role as a justice and the judicial branch overall, Friday February 3, 2006 in Tucson, Ariz. 2/3/06 Photo by James S. Wood/Arizona Daily Star.
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- James S. Wood / Arizona Daily Star
Former Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, middle, visits Esperero Canyon Middle School with her sister Pima County Supervisor Ann Day, right, and Dr. Mary Kamerzell, left, superintendent of Catalina Foothills School District, to talk with 7th and 8th graders about her role as a justice and the judicial branch overall, Friday February 3, 2006 in Tucson, Ariz. 2/3/06 Photo by James S. Wood Arizona Daily Star
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- KELLY PRESNELL / ARIZONA DAILY STAR
Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, second from right, talks with professor RonNell Andersen Jones, right, as television news crews follow them on their way to a class titled The Supreme Court at the University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ., Thursday, Feb. 2, 2006. Photo by Kelly Presnell/Arizona Daily Star
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- KELLY PRESNELL / ARIZONA DAILY STAR
Retired Justice Sandra Day O'Connor: "There are propositions pending in the Arizona Legislature that would effectively put an end to merit selection of judges in Arizona." FEBRUARY 3, 2006 B1 Kelly Presnell / Arizona Daily Star
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- ASSOCIATED PRESS
John J. O'Connor III, right, like his wife, Sandra Day O'Connor, left, has a new job in Washington. O'Connor, now a partner in a Phoenix, Ariz. law firm is joining the Washington D.C. law firm of Miller & Chevalier. Mrs. O'Connor, of course, is the Supreme Court Justice. (AP Photo, 1981)
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- TORSTEN KJELLSTRAND
Photo by The Associated Press: Spokane tribal member Margo Hill greets O'Connor and Breyer at the start of their visit in Washington state. JULY 20, 2001 A4
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- HOWARD FISCHER, CAPITOL MEDIA SERVICES
Retired U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor administers the oath of office to Gov. Janet Napolitano for her second four-year term. Napolitano, 49, easily defeated Republican Len Munsil in November. Napolitano said education and growth planning will be top priorities in her second term and said she'll work to help make Arizona a locale for top-notch research and innovations. HOWARD FISCHER / CAPITOL MEDIA SERVICES
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- J. Scott Applewhite
President Barack Obama presents the 2009 Presidential Medal of Freedom to Sandra Day O?Connor, who was the first woman to sit on the Supreme Court, serving from 1981 until her retirement in 2006, during ceremonies at the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2009. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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- PHIL McCARTEN
Justice Sandra Day O'Connor attends the California Governor and first lady's Conference on Women and Families held at the Long Beach Convention Center in Long Beach, California, October 27, 2005. REUTERS/Phil McCarten
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- Craig Robinson / Tucson Citizen
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, left, speaks with Navajo Nation Cheif Justice Robert Yazzie after arriving Thursday July, 19, 2001 at the Gallup Municapial Airport, Gallup, N.M. (AP Photo/The Gallup Independent, Craig Robinson)
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- Norma Jean Gargasz / Tucson Citizen
Attorney Laura Belleau, left, speaks with Justice Sandra Day O'Connor yesterday, as O'Connor's sister, state Sen. Ann Day, listens. Laura Belleau, left, a lawyer with Karp, Heurlin and Weiss, speaks with United States Supreme Court Justice, Sandra Day O'Connor, as Senator Ann Day, second from left, listens at the Tucson Women's Leadership Conference sponsored by the Arizona Women Lawyers Association. 2/6/1999
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Jane Dee Hull, left, takes the oath of office as new Arizona Governor Monday, Sept. 9, 1997, from U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor at the state capitol. Holding the bible is Hull's husband Terrence.Â
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- Manuel Balce Ceneta
Former Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, center, with, Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, left, and Sonia Sotomayor, right, speaks during a forum to celebrate the 30th anniversary of O'Connor's appointment to the Supreme Court, at the Newseum in Washington, Wednesday, April 11, 2012. (AP Photo Manuel Balce Ceneta)
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- JAMES NIELSEN
Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor waves a cowboy hat that was a gift at an event sponsored by the University of Houston Law Center in downtown Houston, March 10, 2005. O'Connor, the first woman on the Supreme Court and a swing vote on abortion as well as other contentious issues, announced her retirement Friday July 1, 2005. (AP Photo/James Nielsen)
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- MICHAEL EVANS
Sandra Day O'Connor is sworn in as an Associate Justice by Chief Justice Warren Burger at the Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., Sept. 25, 1981. Holding two family bibles, at center, is husband John J. O'Connor. O'Connor, the first woman appointed to the Supreme Court and a key swing vote on issues such as abortion and the death penalty, said Friday July 1, 2005 she is retiring.(AP Photo/Michael Evans)
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- J. Scott Applewhite
President Barack Obama presents the 2009 Presidential Medal of Freedom to Sandra Day O'Connor, who was the first woman to sit on the Supreme Court, serving from 1981 until her retirement in 2006, during ceremonies at the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2009. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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- Harry Cabluck
In this April 29, 2009 file photo, former Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor pauses before a news conference in Austin, Texas. President Barack Obama will recognize the accomplishments of actors, activists and athletes on Wednesday when he awards the Presidential Medal of Freedom to 16 people. (AP Photo/Harry Cabluck, FILE)
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- JOE FUDGE
Retired U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor , left, greets students and school officials on the campus of the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Va., Friday, April 7, 2006 after her investiture as the new chancellor of the school. (AP Photo/Daily Press, Joe Fudge)
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Sandra Day O'Connor
- MICHAEL EVANS
Sandra Day O'Connor is sworn in as an Associate Justice by Chief Justice Warren Burger at the Supreme Court in Washington, D.C. on Friday, Sept. 25, 1981. Holding two family bibles, at center, is husband John J. O'Connor. (AP Photo/Michael Evans)
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- MATT YORK
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor pledges alligence to the flag Saturday, Sept. 17, 2005 at an open-air Immigration and Naturalization citizenship hearing in Gilbert, Ariz. Justice O'Connor presided over the citizenship hearing where 52 nationals from 17 countries took the oath of citizenship to the United States. (AP Photo/Matt York)
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- JAMES NIELSEN
Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, an El Paso native, dons a cowboy hat, given to her during an event at the University of Houston Law Center, Thursday, March 10, 2005, in Houston. (AP Photo/James Nielsen, Pool)
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- ADELE STARR
Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor smiles as teh crowd applauds after she received the Senator John Heinz Award for Greatest Public Service by an Elected or Appointed Official during a ceremony at the American Institute for Public Service Jefferson Awards Tuesday, June 22, 2004, in Washington. (AP Photo/Adele Starr)
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Former Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart, left, and his replacement on the court, Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O?Connor, applaud President Reagan as he gives his State of the Union speech to a joint session of Congress in Washington, Jan. 26, 1982. Mrs. O?Connor is the first woman to sit on the court. (AP Photo)
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Associate Justice of the Supreme Court Sandra Day O'Connor poses for a photo with President Ronald Reagan and Chief Justice Warren Burger shortly after she was sworn into the court in Washington, Sept. 25, 1981. O'Connor becomes the 102nd justice, the first woman to hold the position. (AP Photo)
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Supreme Court Justice-designate Sandra Day OÃConnor, right, poses with first lady Nancy Reagan, Chief Justice of the United States Warren Burger and President Ronald Reagan during a reception for U.S. Apellate Court judges at the White House in Washington, Sept. 24, 1981. (AP Photo)
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Judge Sandra Day OÃConnor, smiles as she arrives for the start of her confirmation hearings before the Senate Judiciary Committee in Capitol Hill in Washington for the post of Supreme Court Associate Justice, Sept. 9, 1981. (AP Photo)
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Sen. Barry Goldwater (R-Ariz.), and Supreme Court nominee Judge Sandra Day OÃConnor chat prior to the start of her confirmation hearings before the Senate Judiciary Committee, Sept. 9, 1981 on Capitol Hill in Washington. OÃConnor is a judge in the state of Arizona. (AP Photo)
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Supreme Court nominee Sandra Day OÃConnor visits with Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah in his Capitol Hill office on Wednesday, July 15, 1981 in Washington. Hatch presented OÃConnor with a ìI Love Utahî button which she has attached to her jacket. (AP Photo/Cook)
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- Charles Tasnadi
Sen. Strom Thurmond (R-S.C.), shakes hands with Supreme Court nominee Sandra Day OÃConnor, along with Attorney General William French Smith on Capitol Hill in Washington, July 14, 1981. OÃConnor is an appeals court judge in Arizona and Thurmond chairs the Senate Judiciary Committee. (AP Photo/Charles Tasnadi)
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- Jeff Taylor
Sandra Day OÃConnor, President Ronald ReaganÃs nominee to be a Supreme Court Justice, poses with Attorney General William French Smith at the Justice Department in Washington on Tuesday, July 14, 1981. OÃConnor is conducting a series of meeting on Tuesday, with Smith and numerous Congressional leaders. (AP Photo/Jeff Taylor)
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- LINDA RADIN
Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor delivers the commencement address at New York Law School's 100th graduation ceremony in Manhattan, June 10, 1992. Justice O'Connor also received an honorary Doctor of Laws degree during the ceremony. (AP Photo/Linda Radin)
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- BOB DAUGHERTY
Members of the U.S. Supreme Court pose for a formal portrait in Washington, April 15, 1988. From left, front row are: Associate Justices Thurgood Marshall; William Brennan, Jr.; Chief Justice William Rehnquist; Byron White; and Harry Blackmun. Back row from left are: Antonin Scalia; John Paul Stevens; Sandra Day O'Connor; and the court's newest member, Anthony M. Kennedy. (AP Photo/Bob Daugherty)
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- BOB DAUGHERTY
Members of the U.S. Supreme Court pose for a formal group portrait in Washington, Nov. 12, 1986. Front row, from left are: Thurgood Marshall; William Brennan, Jr.; Chief Justice William Rehnquist; Byron White; and Harry Blackmun. From left in back row: Sandra Day O'Connor; Lewis Powell, Jr.; John Paul Stevens; and Antonin Scalia. (AP Photo/Bob Daugherty)
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- ED REINKE
President Reagan poses with Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor and her husband John J. O'Connor, right, in Oval Office, Sept. 23, 1983. Justice O'Connor and her husband were guests of the president who was recognizing the second anniversary of her appointment to the Supreme Court. (AP Photo/Ed Reinke)
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- ASSOCIATED PRESS
Sandra Day O'Connor and Chief Justice Warren Burger pose for pictures at the U.S. Supreme Court building in Washington, Sept. 25, 1981. O'Connor will be sworn in as the first female justice of the Supreme Court later this afternoon. (AP Photo)
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- RON EDMONDS
Sandra Day O'Connor, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court, second from right, poses with President Ronald Reagan and first lady Nancy Reagan, right, and Chief Justice Warren Burger following her swearing in at the Supreme Court in Washington, Sept. 25, 1981. O'Connor's husband, John O'Connor, is seen at far right. O'Connor. (AP Photo/ Ron Edmonds)
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- SCOTT APPLEWHITE
Sandra Day O'Connor waves to photographers after her unanimous confirmation by the U.S. Senate to the Supreme Court on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. on Sept. 21, 1981. Standing with O'Connor, from left to right, are: Attorney General William French Smith, Sen. Barry Goldwater, R-Ariz., Sen. Dennis DeConcini, D-Ariz., Vice President George Bush, and Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Sen. Strom Thurmond, R-S.C. (AP Photo/Scott Applewhite)
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- DENNIS COOK
Supreme Court nominee Sandra Day O'Connor ducks under a potted plant in the lobby of a Washington apartment building, Sept. 15, 1981, on her way to meet newsmen to make a statement on the confirmation vote by the Senate Judiciary Committee earlier that day, to recommend to the full Senate that she be named to the high court. (AP Photo/Dennis Cook)
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- SCOTT APPLEWHITE
Sandra Day O'Connor waves as she arrives at the U.S. Capitol in Washington in Sept. 1981, shortly after her nomination to the Supreme Court is confirmed by the Senate. Walking behind O'Connor are, from left, Sen. Barry Goldwater, R-Ariz., Attorney General William French Smith, Sen. Strom Thurmond, R-S.C., who chairs the Senate Judiciary Committee, and Sen. Dennis DeConcini, D-Ariz. (AP Photo/Scott Applewhite)
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- BOB DAUGHERTY
Sandra Day O'Connor poses with her family and Chief Justice Warren Burger on the steps of the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington in Sept. 1981. This photo was taken prior to her swearing in as an associate justice of the supreme court. From left to right are: O'Connor's father Harry Day, husband John J. O'Connor, mother Ada Mae Day, Sandra Day O'Connor, Warren Burger, and O'Connor's sons, Brian, Jay and Scott. (AP Photo/Bob Daugherty)
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- ASSOCIATED PRESS
President Reagan presents his Supreme Court nominee Sandra Day O'Connor to members of the press, July 15, 1981, in the Rose Garden at the White House prior to the start of a meeting between the two which took place in the Oval Office. (AP Photo)
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- MATTHEW CAVANAUGH
Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor gestures while speaking to students at Gonzaga College High School in Washington in this, May 1, 2003 file photo, prior to the screening of a C-SPAN documentary on O'Connor that was filmed earlier. C-SPAN and cable company Comcast connected schools with some of the nation's top officials during C-SPAN's ``Students and Leaders'' series, featuring 40 public figures who visit schools in and around Washington to give young people in-the-flesh civics lessons. (AP Photo/Matthew Cavanaugh, File) JUNE 22, 2003 A3 Photo: O'Connor
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- BEN KIRKBY / ARIZONA DAILY STAR
Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor speaks with a group of around 100 women participating in a leadership conference Friday February 5th, 1999 sponsored by the Southern chapter of the Arizona Women Lawyers Assoc. at Westward Look Resort. Other speakers included Gov. Jane Hull. Judge Mary Shroeder and Justice Ruth McGregor. Photo by Ben Kirkby.
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- Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
Former Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor smiles as her sister's colleagues share stories and tributes during a memorial for former Pima County Supervisor Ann Day at Brandi Fenton Memorial Park on May 14, 2016, in Tucson, Ariz. Close to 300 family members, friends and former colleagues spoke at the ceremony for Day, who was killed in a car crash last Saturday by an alleged impaired driver.
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- Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
Former Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor speaks at the Tucson Festival of Books on Saturday, March 15, 2014, on the University of Arizona campus in Tucson, Ariz. The free annual two-day festival features scores of author discussions, signings, food, and games and activities for kids. The event lasts until 5:30 p.m. on Sunday.
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Retired U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor speaks during a press conference to announce a voter participation and civic engagement initiative at the YWCA located at 525 Bonita Avenue. Thursday July 19, 2012. Tucson, Arizona photo by: Mamta Popat/Arizona Daily Star
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Retired U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, center, poses for a photo with Janis Gallego as Pauline Hechler takes the photo. O'Connor spoke at a gathering to announce a voter participation and civic engagement initiative at the YWCA located at 525 Bonita Avenue. Thursday July 19, 2012. Tucson, Arizona photo by: Mamta Popat/Arizona Daily Star
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- JAMES S. WOOD / ARIZONA DAILY STAR
Former Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, middle, walks with her grand-niece Caitlin Watters, after visiting Esperero Canyon Middle School with her sister Pima County Supervisor Ann Day, to talk with 7th and 8th graders about her role as a justice and the judicial branch overall, Friday February 3, 2006 in Tucson, Ariz. 2/3/06 Photo by James S. Wood/Arizona Daily Star.
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- James S. Wood / Arizona Daily Star
Former Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, middle, visits Esperero Canyon Middle School with her sister Pima County Supervisor Ann Day, right, and Dr. Mary Kamerzell, left, superintendent of Catalina Foothills School District, to talk with 7th and 8th graders about her role as a justice and the judicial branch overall, Friday February 3, 2006 in Tucson, Ariz. 2/3/06 Photo by James S. Wood Arizona Daily Star
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- KELLY PRESNELL / ARIZONA DAILY STAR
Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, second from right, talks with professor RonNell Andersen Jones, right, as television news crews follow them on their way to a class titled The Supreme Court at the University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ., Thursday, Feb. 2, 2006. Photo by Kelly Presnell/Arizona Daily Star
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- KELLY PRESNELL / ARIZONA DAILY STAR
Retired Justice Sandra Day O'Connor: "There are propositions pending in the Arizona Legislature that would effectively put an end to merit selection of judges in Arizona." FEBRUARY 3, 2006 B1 Kelly Presnell / Arizona Daily Star
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- ASSOCIATED PRESS
John J. O'Connor III, right, like his wife, Sandra Day O'Connor, left, has a new job in Washington. O'Connor, now a partner in a Phoenix, Ariz. law firm is joining the Washington D.C. law firm of Miller & Chevalier. Mrs. O'Connor, of course, is the Supreme Court Justice. (AP Photo, 1981)
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- HOWARD FISCHER, CAPITOL MEDIA SERVICES
Retired U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor administers the oath of office to Gov. Janet Napolitano for her second four-year term. Napolitano, 49, easily defeated Republican Len Munsil in November. Napolitano said education and growth planning will be top priorities in her second term and said she'll work to help make Arizona a locale for top-notch research and innovations. HOWARD FISCHER / CAPITOL MEDIA SERVICES
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- J. Scott Applewhite
President Barack Obama presents the 2009 Presidential Medal of Freedom to Sandra Day O?Connor, who was the first woman to sit on the Supreme Court, serving from 1981 until her retirement in 2006, during ceremonies at the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2009. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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- PHIL McCARTEN
Justice Sandra Day O'Connor attends the California Governor and first lady's Conference on Women and Families held at the Long Beach Convention Center in Long Beach, California, October 27, 2005. REUTERS/Phil McCarten
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- Craig Robinson / Tucson Citizen
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, left, speaks with Navajo Nation Cheif Justice Robert Yazzie after arriving Thursday July, 19, 2001 at the Gallup Municapial Airport, Gallup, N.M. (AP Photo/The Gallup Independent, Craig Robinson)
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- Norma Jean Gargasz / Tucson Citizen
Attorney Laura Belleau, left, speaks with Justice Sandra Day O'Connor yesterday, as O'Connor's sister, state Sen. Ann Day, listens. Laura Belleau, left, a lawyer with Karp, Heurlin and Weiss, speaks with United States Supreme Court Justice, Sandra Day O'Connor, as Senator Ann Day, second from left, listens at the Tucson Women's Leadership Conference sponsored by the Arizona Women Lawyers Association. 2/6/1999
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- Jeff Robbins / Tucson Citizen
Jane Dee Hull, left, takes the oath of office as new Arizona Governor Monday, Sept. 9, 1997, from U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor at the state capitol. Holding the bible is Hull's husband Terrence.Â
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- Manuel Balce Ceneta
Former Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, center, with, Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, left, and Sonia Sotomayor, right, speaks during a forum to celebrate the 30th anniversary of O'Connor's appointment to the Supreme Court, at the Newseum in Washington, Wednesday, April 11, 2012. (AP Photo Manuel Balce Ceneta)
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- JAMES NIELSEN
Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor waves a cowboy hat that was a gift at an event sponsored by the University of Houston Law Center in downtown Houston, March 10, 2005. O'Connor, the first woman on the Supreme Court and a swing vote on abortion as well as other contentious issues, announced her retirement Friday July 1, 2005. (AP Photo/James Nielsen)
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- MICHAEL EVANS
Sandra Day O'Connor is sworn in as an Associate Justice by Chief Justice Warren Burger at the Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., Sept. 25, 1981. Holding two family bibles, at center, is husband John J. O'Connor. O'Connor, the first woman appointed to the Supreme Court and a key swing vote on issues such as abortion and the death penalty, said Friday July 1, 2005 she is retiring.(AP Photo/Michael Evans)
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- J. Scott Applewhite
President Barack Obama presents the 2009 Presidential Medal of Freedom to Sandra Day O'Connor, who was the first woman to sit on the Supreme Court, serving from 1981 until her retirement in 2006, during ceremonies at the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2009. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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- Harry Cabluck
In this April 29, 2009 file photo, former Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor pauses before a news conference in Austin, Texas. President Barack Obama will recognize the accomplishments of actors, activists and athletes on Wednesday when he awards the Presidential Medal of Freedom to 16 people. (AP Photo/Harry Cabluck, FILE)
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- JOE FUDGE
Retired U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor , left, greets students and school officials on the campus of the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Va., Friday, April 7, 2006 after her investiture as the new chancellor of the school. (AP Photo/Daily Press, Joe Fudge)
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